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Lexicon :: Strong's H7379 - rîḇ

Strong's

Red Letter

רִיב

Transliteration

rîḇ

Pronunciation

reeb

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From רִיב (H7378)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2159a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

strife, controversy, dispute
1. strife, quarrel
2. dispute, controversy, case at law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7379: Abbreviations

רִיב ₆₂ noun masculine^{Isaiah 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.

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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

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Strong's Number H7379 matches the Hebrew רִיב (rîḇ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Jer 11:20 - But, O LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 that judgest^H8199 righteously,^H6664 that triest^H974 the reins^H3629 and the heart,^H3820 let me see^H7200 thy vengeance^H5360 on them: for unto thee have I revealed^H1540 my cause.^H7379

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Jer 15:10 - Woe^H188 is me, my mother,^H517 that thou hast borne^H3205 me a man^H376 of strife^H7379 and a man^H376 of contention^H4066 to the whole earth!^H776 I have neither lent on usury,^H5383 nor men have lent to me on usury;^H5383 yet every one of them doth curse^H7043 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Jer 20:12 - But, O LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 that triest^H974 the righteous,^H6662 and seest^H7200 the reins^H3629 and the heart,^H3820 let me see^H7200 thy vengeance^H5360 on them: for unto thee have I opened^H1540 my cause.^H7379

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:31

Jer 25:31 - A noise^H7588 shall come^H935 even to the ends^H7097 of the earth;^H776 for the LORD^H3068 hath a controversy^H7379 with the nations,^H1471 he will plead^H8199 with all flesh;^H1320 he will give^H5414 them that are wicked^H7563 to the sword,^H2719 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:34

Jer 50:34 - Their Redeemer^H1350 is strong;^H2389 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is his name:^H8034 he shall throughly^H7378 plead^H7378 their cause,^H7379 that he may give rest^H7280 to the land,^H776 and disquiet^H7264 the inhabitants^H3427 of Babylon.^H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Jer 51:36 - Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD;^H3068 Behold, I will plead^H7378 thy cause,^H7379 and take vengeance^H5358 for thee;^H5360 and I will dry up^H2717 her sea,^H3220 and make her springs^H4726 dry.^H3001

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