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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 4 times in 4 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 -

“Please hear my argument,

And give your attention to the contentions H7379 of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 -

“I was a father to the poor,

And I investigated the case H7379 which I did not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 -

“Oh that I had one to hear me!

Here is my [fn]signature;

Let the Almighty answer me!

And the indictment which my adversary H7379 has written,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 -

“A person is also rebuked by pain in his bed,

And with constant complaint H7379 in his bones,

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