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Lexicon :: Strong's H7378 - rîḇ

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רִיב
Transliteration
rîḇ
Pronunciation
reeb
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2159

Strong’s Definitions

רִיב rîyb, reeb; or רוּב rûwb; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend:—adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H7378 in the following manner: plead (27x), strive (13x), contend (12x), chide (6x), debate (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H7378 in the following manner: plead (27x), strive (13x), contend (12x), chide (6x), debate (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to strive, contend

    1. (Qal)

      1. to strive

        1. physically

        2. with words

      2. to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue

      3. to make complaint

      4. to quarrel

    2. (Hiphil) to contend against

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִיב rîyb, reeb; or רוּב rûwb; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend:—adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.
STRONGS H7378: Abbreviations
† רִיב [NöZMG xxxvii (1883). 530, 534 Ges§ 73b] verb strive, contend (compare Arabic bdb093606(bdb093611) agitate (the mind), bdb093607disquiet; compare also Syriac bdb093608cry, shout, Aph`el also quarrel noisily, bdb093609shouting, clamour (see Nöl.c.); on Sabean proper name ריב = Arabic bdb093610see DHMib. 14); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רָב Judges 11:25; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2nd person masculine singular רַבְתָּ Lamentations 3:58, רִיבוֺתָ Job 33:13, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרִיב Judges 6:31 +, jussive יָרֵב Hosea 4:4; 1 Samuel 24:16, יָ֫רֶב לוֺ(בּוֺׅ Judges 6:31, 32; וַיָּ֫רֶב Genesis 31:36 +; 2nd person masculine singular תרוב Proverbs 3:30 Kt, תָּרִיב Qr; 3rd person masculine plural יְרִיבֻן Exodus 21:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב Micah 6:1; Proverbs 25:9, רִיבָה Psalm 35:1 +, masculine plural רִיבוּ Isaiah 1:17; Hosea 2:4; Infinitive absolute רוֺב Judges 11:25, רֹב Job 40:2; רִיב Jeremiah 50:34 (Ges§ 73d Köi. 509 BaNB 80); construct רִיב Isaiah 3:13; Job 9:3 + Judges 21:22 Qr (Kt רוב), רִב Amos 7:4; Proverbs 25:8; Participle רָב Isaiah 19:20 +; — strive:
1. involving bodily struggle Exodus 21:18 (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, יָרָיוּ רָב לוֺ Deuteronomy 33:7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם of Israel, הֲרוֺב רָב Judges 11:25 (|| נִלְחַם).
2. with words, with ב person Genesis 31:36 (E), Exodus 17:2a (J) Judges 6:32, so (in figurative) Hosea 2:4 compare Hosea 2:4; often = quarrel, with עִם person, Genesis 26:20; Exodus 17:2b Numbers 20:3 (all J), Nehemiah 13:25; subject God Job 9:3; Job 13:19; Job 23:6; also Job 40:2 (עִם of God; on infinitive absolute see Ges§ 113ee), in general Proverbs 3:30; with אֵת person Judges 8:1; Nehemiah 5:7; Nehemiah 13:11, 17, subject י׳ Isaiah 49:25 (compare I. יָרִיב below), Psalm 35:1 (|| לָחַם); אֵת of י׳ Isaiah 45:9 (participle one striving), Numbers 20:13 (P); with עַל of thing Genesis 26:21, 22; absolute = find fault Hosea 4:4 (|| הוֺכִיחַ). Especially
3. conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, י׳ subject; Isaiah 3:13 (|| דִּין), Isaiah 57:16 (|| קָצַף), Psalm 103:9 (נָטַר [אַף]), compare קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ Amos 7:4; with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), Job 10:2; Isaiah 27:8; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb רִיב in good sense, = take one's part, 1 Samuel 24:15 (Gi; 1 Samuel 24:16 van d. H. Baer; || שָׁפַט), Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 50:34 (רִיב יָרִיב אֶתרִֿיבָם, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), Jeremiah 51:36 (|| נקם), Lamentations 3:58; Proverbs 22:23; Psalm 43:1 (+ מִגּוֺי; || שָׁפַט), Psalm 119:154 (+ גָּאַל), also Psalm 74:22 (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד person against whom 1 Samuel 25:39 (of vengeance); + אֵת person against whom Proverbs 23:11, so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Isaiah 50:8; Jeremiah 2:9 (twice in verse); compare אֶתֿ הֶהָרִים Micah 6:1 (II. אֵת 1c; Greek Version of the LXX πρός, whence We Now אֶלֿ in the presence of, but on רִיב אֶל see 4); ר׳ = plead, with ל person for whom Judges 6:31 (3 times in verse); Job 13:8, with accusative of person for whom Isaiah 1:17, of God Isaiah 51:22, compare Deuteronomy 33:8 (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes Proverbs 25:8, אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ רִיבְךָ ר׳ Proverbs 25:9.
4. = make complaint, with אֶל person unto and against whom Judges 21:22; Jeremiah 2:29; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 33:13.
Hiph. Participle suffix מריבו 1 Samuel 2:10 Kt (Qr מְרִיבָיו), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (י׳), compare plural construct ְ ועַמְּךָ כִמְרִיבֵי כֹהֵן Hosea 4:4, obscure; RSProph. 406 מָרוּ בִי thy people have rebelled against me, O priest ! Beck Wü We GASm וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו הַכֹּהֵן (הַכּ׳ as voc., and [by some] joined to Hosea 4:5); HermannSK, 1879, 516 וְעִמְּךָ מְרִיבִי הַכּ, compare Oort (רִיבִי); RubenCrit, Rem. on the passage ְ ועַמִּי כָמוֺךָ הַכּ׳, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ 1 Samuel 15:5 see ארב Hiph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:20; 26:21; 26:22; 31:36; 31:36

Exodus

17:2; 17:2; 21:18; 21:18

Numbers

20:3; 20:13

Deuteronomy

33:7; 33:8

Judges

6:31; 6:31; 6:31; 6:32; 6:32; 8:1; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 21:22; 21:22

1 Samuel

2:10; 15:5; 24:15; 24:16; 24:16; 25:29; 25:39

Nehemiah

5:7; 13:11; 13:17; 13:25

Job

9:3; 9:3; 10:2; 13:8; 13:19; 23:6; 33:13; 33:13; 40:2; 40:2

Psalms

35:1; 35:1; 43:1; 74:22; 103:9; 119:154

Proverbs

3:30; 3:30; 22:23; 23:11; 25:8; 25:8; 25:9; 25:9

Isaiah

1:17; 1:17; 3:13; 3:13; 19:20; 27:8; 45:9; 49:25; 50:8; 51:22; 57:16

Jeremiah

2:9; 2:29; 12:1; 50:34; 50:34; 51:36

Lamentations

3:58; 3:58

Hosea

2:4; 2:4; 2:4; 4:4; 4:4; 4:4; 4:5

Amos

7:4; 7:4

Micah

6:1; 6:1; 7:9

H7378

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Strong's Number H7378 matches the Hebrew רִיב (rîḇ),
which occurs 70 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:20–Jer 2:29)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he called its name Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Reho'both, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - Then Jacob became angry, and upbraided Laban; Jacob said to Laban, "What is my offense? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the LORD to the proof?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - "When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - And the people contended with Moses, and said, "Would that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:13 - These are the waters of Mer'ibah, where the people of Israel contended with the LORD, and he showed himself holy among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said, "Give to Levi thy Thummim, and thy Urim to thy godly one, whom thou didst test at Massah, with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Mer'ibah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Jo'ash said to all who were arrayed against him, "Will you contend for Ba'al? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been pulled down."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day he was called Jerubba'al, that is to say, "Let Ba'al contend against him," because he pulled down his altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - And the men of E'phraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Mid'ian?" And they upbraided him violently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king, and exalt the power of his anointed."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to the city of Am'alek, and lay in wait in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - May the LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see to it, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hand."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the LORD has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head." Then David sent and wooed Ab'igail, to make her his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And I held a great assembly against them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I remonstrated with the officials and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - Then I remonstrated with the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing which you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair; and I made them take oath in the name of God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:2 - I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:8 - Will you show partiality toward him, will you plead the case for God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6 - Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would give heed to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - "If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of my words'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:1 - A Psalm of David. Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:9 - He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:154

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to thy promise!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - for the LORD will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - do not hastily bring into court; for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose another's secret;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:13 - The LORD has taken his place to contend, he stands to judge his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - Measure by measure, by exile thou didst contend with them; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - "Woe to him who strives with his Maker, an earthen vessel with the potter! Does the clay say to him who fashions it, 'What are you making'? or 'Your work has no handles'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:25 - Surely, thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 - he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people: "Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For I will not contend for ever, nor will I always be angry; for from me proceeds the spirit, and I have made the breath of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:9 - "Therefore I still contend with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children I will contend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:29 - "Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says the LORD.

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