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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 is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite are then dwelling in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the 'strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their 'trying' Jehovah, saying, 'Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause others to turn aside;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - 'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - 'When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - 'And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - 'When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthah saith unto them, 'A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, 'Of what city art thou?' and he saith, 'Of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - And Absalom saith, 'Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? -- then I have declared him righteous.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:44

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - And -- Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - And also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:154

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - (For a day of vengeance is to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 - Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 - Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as to-day, To sound in the high place your voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - Wasting hath come unto the end of the earth, For a controversy hath Jehovah with nations, He hath executed judgment for all flesh, The wicked! He hath given them to the sword, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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