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Lexicon :: Strong's H7379 - rîḇ

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רִיב
Transliteration
rîḇ
Pronunciation
reeb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 2159a

Strong’s Definitions

רִיב rîyb, reeb; or רִב rib; from H7378; a contest (personal or legal):— adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H7379 in the following manner: cause (24x), strife (16x), controversy (13x), contention (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H7379 in the following manner: cause (24x), strife (16x), controversy (13x), contention (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. strife, controversy, dispute

    1. strife, quarrel

    2. dispute, controversy, case at law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִיב rîyb, reeb; or רִב rib; from H7378; a contest (personal or legal):— adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
STRONGS H7379: Abbreviations
רִיב 62 noun masculineIsaiah 1:23 strife, dispute; — absolute ר׳ Genesis 13:7 +, רִב Exodus 23:2 +; construct רִיב Exodus 17:7 +; suffix רִיבִי 1 Samuel 24:16 +, בְּרִבָם Job 31:13 (or infinitive?), etc.; plural רִיבֹת Deuteronomy 17:8; construct רִיבֵי 2 Samuel 22:44 + 2 times, רִבוֺת Job 13:6; — strife, quarrel:
†1. in words, Exodus 17:7 (J), Deuteronomy 1:12, about pasturage Genesis 13:7 (J; = מְרִיבָה Genesis 13:8), in general Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 26:17, 21; Proverbs 30:33, + מָדוֺן Habakkuk 1:3, so זִבְחֵירֿ׳ Proverbs 17:1; figurative עֲצָמָיו ר׳ Job 33:19 Kt (Qr רוב, i.e. רֹב which see); לְשֹׁנוֺת ר׳ Psalm 31:21, compare Isaiah 58:4; Proverbs 18:6; אִישׁ ר׳ Jeremiah 15:10 (+ מָדוֺן א׳).
†2. of public hostilities 2 Samuel 22:44 = Psalm 18:44, compare אִישׁ רִיב Judges 12:2, אַנְשֵׁי רִיבֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 41:11; || חָמָס Psalm 55:10.
3. 39 especially dispute, controversy, case at law: Exodus 23:2, 3, 6 (E), Deuteronomy 21:5 (+ נֶגַע), Deuteronomy 25:1; 2 Samuel 15:2, 4 (|| מִשְׁפָּט), + 10 times, + (of י׳) Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:3; Micah 6:2 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 44:24; Lamentations 3:36; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb, case, cause Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 50:34 + 8 times (see √ 3), + חֶרְפָּתִי רִיב 1 Samuel 25:39, רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:58; דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת Deuteronomy 17:8 matters of controversy; ר׳ Deuteronomy 19:17 dispute as to guilt; אִישׁ דִיבִי Job 31:35 = accuser.
†4. plea: Proverbs 18:17, רִבוֺת שְׂפָתַי Job 13:6 pleadings of my lips.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:7; 13:7; 13:8

Exodus

17:7; 17:7; 23:2; 23:2; 23:3; 23:6

Deuteronomy

1:12; 17:8; 17:8; 19:17; 21:5; 25:1

Judges

12:2

1 Samuel

24:16; 25:39

2 Samuel

15:2; 15:4; 22:44; 22:44

Job

13:6; 13:6; 31:13; 31:35; 33:19

Psalms

18:44; 31:21; 55:10

Proverbs

15:18; 17:1; 17:14; 18:6; 18:17; 20:3; 26:17; 26:21; 30:33

Isaiah

1:23; 41:11; 58:4

Jeremiah

15:10; 25:31; 50:34

Lamentations

3:36; 3:58

Ezekiel

44:24

Hosea

4:1; 12:3

Micah

6:2; 7:9

Habakkuk

1:3

H7379

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7379 matches the Hebrew רִיב (rîḇ),
which occurs 61 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 13:7–Jer 25:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 -
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people;
Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 -
Hear now my reasoning,
And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 -
I was a father to the needy:
And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 -
Oh that I had one to hear me!
(Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me)
And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 -
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,
And with continual strife in his bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 -
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
Thou hast made me the head of the nations:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 -
In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man:
Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 -
Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me,
Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 -
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 -
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 -
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:
Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:154

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 -
Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:
Quicken me according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 -
A wrathful man stirreth up contention;
But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 -
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.

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The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

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A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calleth for stripes.

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He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just;
But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 -
For Jehovah will plead their cause,
And despoil of life those that 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 thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 -
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself,
And disclose not the secret of another;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 -
He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him,
Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 -
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 -
For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood;
So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 - Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 - Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

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