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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 - There was a strife between the herdsmen of Avram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Kana`ani and the Perizzi lived then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - He called the name of the place Massah, and Merivah, because the children of Yisra'el quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, 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 you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then shall you arise, and go up to the place which the LORD your God shall choose;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - The Kohanim the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; 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 to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - Yiftach said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of `Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't save me out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Naval was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Naval, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Naval has the LORD returned on his own head. David sent and spoke concerning Avigayil, to take her to him as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - Avshalom 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 Avshalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:44

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have 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 Box 2Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover in Yerushalayim did Yehoshafat set of the Levites and the Kohanim, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Yisra'el, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. They returned to Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and mitzvah, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards the LORD, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers: this do, and you shall not be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:43

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - In the covert of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, 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, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:154

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, Therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - A fool's lips come into strife, And his mouth invites beatings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - He who pleads his cause first seems right; Until another comes and questions him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarreling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For the LORD will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Debate your case with your neighbor, And don't betray the confidence of another;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - Like one who grabs a dog's ears Is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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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 kindling strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Tziyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Behold, all those who are incensed against you shall be disappointed and confounded: those who strive with you shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 - Produce your cause, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Ya`akov.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 - Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast 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, the LORD of Hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you 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 you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole eretz! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them does curse me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, the LORD of Hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you 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 eretz; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says the LORD.

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