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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - רִיב

רִיב

H7378

Transliteration: rîyb

Pronunciation: reeb

Definition: adversary


Original: רוּב ריב o

Transliteration: rı̂yb rûb

Phonetic: reeb

BDB Definition:

  1. to strive, contend
    1. (Qal)
      1. to strive
        1. physically
        2. with words
      2. to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue
      3. to make complaint
      4. to quarrel
    2. (Hiphil) to contend against

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2159

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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