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Lexicon :: Strong's H4809 - mᵊrîḇâ

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מְרִיבָה
Transliteration
mᵊrîḇâ
Pronunciation
mer-ee-baw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מְרִיבָה Mᵉrîybâh, mer-ee-baw'; the same as H4808; Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert:—Meribah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4809 in the following manner: Meribah (7x), strong's synonym (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H4809 in the following manner: Meribah (7x), strong's synonym (2x).

  1. Meribah = "strife" or "contention"

    1. a fountain at Rephidim, in the desert of Sin; so called because the Israelites murmured against God

    2. the name of the water supply at Kadesh on the southern border of the promised land; the people also murmured here against God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְרִיבָה Mᵉrîybâh, mer-ee-baw'; the same as H4808; Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert:—Meribah.
STRONGS H4809: Abbreviations
† II. מְרִיבָה proper name, of a location (place of strife); —
1. at Rephidim, מַסָּה וּמ׳ Exodus 17:7 (J), Λοιδόρησις.
2. at Kadesh, especially in מֵי מְרִיבָה water of M. (Greek Version of the LXX ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας) Deuteronomy 33:8; Numbers 20:13 (P) Psalm 81:8; Psalm 106:32, also (Greek Version of the LXX ὕδωρ τῆς λοιδορίας LXX of Lucian (Lag.) as above) Numbers 20:24 (P); מ׳ construct in מֵי מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ (Greek Version of the LXX ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας [ἑν] Καδης) Numbers 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51 (both P), and (Greek Version of the LXX ὕδωρ βαριμωθ Καδης Ezekiel 48:28; so מֵי מְרִיבוֺת ק׳ Ezekiel 47:19 (Greek Version of the LXX ὕδωρ Μαριμωθ Καδης); Deuteronomy 33:2 see קֹדֶשׁ near the end; מְרִיבָה along, only Psalm 95:8 (παραπικρασμός; || יוֺם מַסָּה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

17:7

Numbers

20:13; 20:24; 27:14

Deuteronomy

32:51; 33:2; 33:8

Psalms

81:8; 95:8; 106:32

Ezekiel

47:19; 48:28

H4809

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4809 matches the Hebrew מְרִיבָה (mᵊrîḇâ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD here with us or not?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:13 - This place was known as the waters of Meribah (which means “arguing”) because there the people of Israel argued with the LORD, and there he demonstrated his holiness among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Moses said this about the tribe of Levi:
“O LORD, you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots—
to your faithful servants the Levites.[fn]
You put them to the test at Massah
and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;
I answered out of the thundercloud
and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah.
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