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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 60 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 13:7–Jer 50:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - And if a matter shall be too hard for thee in judgment, [fn]between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to [fn]bless in his name, and [fn]by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - And if there should be a dispute between men, and they should come forward to judgment, and the judges judge, and justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthae said to them, [fn]I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and ye did not save me out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - (LXX 24:16) The Lord be judge and umpire between me and thee, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David heard it [fn]and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant [fn]from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, 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 - And Abessalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the [fn]peoples, thou shalt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover Josaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the priests, and Levites, and heads of houses of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the dwellers in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - Whatsoever man of your brethren that dwell in their cities shall bring the cause that comes before you, between blood and blood, and between precept and commandment, and ordinances and judgments, ye shall even decide for them; so they shall not sin against the Lord, and there shall not be wrath upon you, and upon your brethren: thus ye shall do, and ye shall not sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - (Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - (LXX 17:44) Deliver me from the gainsayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - (LXX 30:21) Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - (LXX 34:23) Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - (LXX 42:1) A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - (LXX 54:10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - (LXX 73:22) Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - (LXX 118:154) Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a [fn]rising one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - The lips of a fool bring him into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but [fn]when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Whenever thy friend shall reproach thee, retreat backward, despise him not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and a railing man for the tumult of strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wing one's nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - For it is the day of the judgment of the Lord, and the year of the recompence of Sion in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 - Your judgment draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 - If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with your fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as ye do this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O Lord, that provest just deeds, understanding the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance upon them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - (LXX 32:31) even upon the extreme part of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with the nations, he is pleading with all flesh, and the ungodly are given to the sword, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:34 - (LXX 27:34) But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth;

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