Lexicon :: Strong's H7379 - rîḇ

רִיב

Transliteration

rîḇ

Pronunciation

reeb

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 61 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 13:7–Jer 25:31)

Gen 13:7

Gen 13:7 - And there was a strife^H7379 between the herdmen^H7462 of Abram's^H87 cattle^H4735 and the herdmen^H7462 of Lot's^H3876 cattle:^H4735 and the Canaanite^H3669 and the Perizzite^H6522 dwelled^H3427 then in the land.^H776

Exo 17:7

Exo 17:7 - And he called^H7121 the name^H8034 of the place^H4725 Massah,^H4532 and Meribah,^H4809 because of the chiding^H7379 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 and because they tempted^H5254 the LORD,^H3068 saying,^H559 Is^H3426 the LORD^H3068 among^H7130 us, or not?

Exo 23:2

Exo 23:2 - Thou shalt not follow^H310 a multitude^H7227 to do evil;^H7451 neither shalt thou speak^H6030 in a cause^H7379 to decline^H5186 after^H310 many^H7227 to wrest^H5186 judgment:

Exo 23:3

Exo 23:3 - Neither shalt thou countenance^H1921 a poor^H1800 man in his cause.^H7379

Exo 23:6

Exo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest^H5186 the judgment^H4941 of thy poor^H34 in his cause.^H7379

Deu 1:12

Deu 1:12 - How^H349 can I myself alone bear^H5375 your cumbrance,^H2960 and your burden,^H4853 and your strife?^H7379

Deu 17:8

Deu 17:8 - If there arise a matter^H1697 too hard^H6381 for thee in judgment,^H4941 between blood^H1818 and blood,^H1818 between plea^H1779 and plea,^H1779 and between stroke^H5061 and stroke,^H5061 being matters^H1697 of controversy^H7379 within thy gates:^H8179 then shalt thou arise,^H6965 and get thee up^H5927 into the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose;^H977

Deu 19:17

Deu 19:17 - Then both^H8147 the men,^H582 between whom the controversy^H7379 is, shall stand^H5975 before^H6440 the LORD,^H3068 before^H6440 the priests^H3548 and the judges,^H8199 which shall be in those days;^H3117

Deu 21:5

Deu 21:5 - And the priests^H3548 the sons^H1121 of Levi^H3878 shall come near;^H5066 for them the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath chosen^H977 to minister^H8334 unto him, and to bless^H1288 in the name^H8034 of the LORD;^H3068 and by their word^H6310 shall every controversy^H7379 and every stroke^H5061 be tried:

Deu 25:1

Deu 25:1 - If there be a controversy^H7379 between men,^H582 and they come^H5066 unto judgment,^H4941 that the judges may judge^H8199 them; then they shall justify^H6663 the righteous,^H6662 and condemn^H7561 the wicked.^H7563

Jdg 12:2

Jdg 12:2 - And Jephthah^H3316 said^H559 unto them, I and my people^H5971 were^H1961 at great^H3966 strife^H376^H7379 with the children^H1121 of Ammon;^H5983 and when I called^H2199 you, ye delivered^H3467 me not out of their hands.^H3027

1Sa 24:15

1Sa 24:15 - The LORD^H3068 therefore be judge,^H1781 and judge^H8199 between me and thee, and see,^H7200 and plead^H7378 my cause,^H7379 and deliver^H8199 me out of thine hand.^H3027

1Sa 25:39

1Sa 25:39 - And when David^H1732 heard^H8085 that Nabal^H5037 was dead,^H4191 he said,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be the LORD,^H3068 that hath pleaded^H7378 the cause^H7379 of my reproach^H2781 from the hand^H3027 of Nabal,^H5037 and hath kept^H2820 his servant^H5650 from evil:^H7451 for the LORD^H3068 hath returned^H7725 the wickedness^H7451 of Nabal^H5037 upon his own head.^H7218 And David^H1732 sent^H7971 and communed^H1696 with Abigail,^H26 to take^H3947 her to him to wife.^H802

2Sa 15:2

2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom^H53 rose up early,^H7925 and stood^H5975 beside^H3027 the way^H1870 of the gate:^H8179 and it was so, that when any man^H376 that had a controversy^H7379 came^H935 to the king^H4428 for judgment,^H4941 then Absalom^H53 called^H7121 unto him, and said,^H559 Of what^H335 city^H5892 art thou? And he said,^H559 Thy servant^H5650 is of one^H259 of the tribes^H7626 of Israel.^H3478

2Sa 15:4

2Sa 15:4 - Absalom^H53 said^H559 moreover, Oh that I were made^H7760 judge^H8199 in the land,^H776 that every man^H376 which hath any suit^H7379 or cause^H4941 might come^H935 unto me, and I would do him justice!^H6663

2Sa 22:44

2Sa 22:44 - Thou also hast delivered^H6403 me from the strivings^H7379 of my people,^H5971 thou hast kept^H8104 me to be head^H7218 of the heathen:^H1471 a people^H5971 which I knew^H3045 not shall serve^H5647 me.

2Ch 19:8

2Ch 19:8 - Moreover in Jerusalem^H3389 did Jehoshaphat^H3092 set^H5975 of the Levites,^H3881 and of the priests,^H3548 and of the chief^H7218 of the fathers^H1 of Israel,^H3478 for the judgment^H4941 of the LORD,^H3068 and for controversies,^H7379 when they returned^H7725 to Jerusalem.^H3389

2Ch 19:10

2Ch 19:10 - And what cause^H7379 soever shall come^H935 to you of your brethren^H251 that dwell^H3427 in their cities,^H5892 between blood^H1818 and blood,^H1818 between law^H8451 and commandment,^H4687 statutes^H2706 and judgments,^H4941 ye shall even warn^H2094 them that they trespass^H816 not against the LORD,^H3068 and so wrath^H7110 come upon you, and upon your brethren:^H251 this^H3541 do,^H6213 and ye shall not trespass.^H816

Job 13:6

Job 13:6 - Hear^H8085 now my reasoning,^H8433 and hearken^H7181 to the pleadings^H7379 of my lips.^H8193

Job 29:16

Job 29:16 - I was a father^H1 to the poor:^H34 and the cause^H7379 which I knew^H3045 not I searched out.^H2713

Job 31:35

Job 31:35 - Oh that^H5414 one would hear^H8085 me! behold, my desire^H8420 is, that the Almighty^H7706 would answer^H6030 me, and that mine adversary^H376^H7379 had written^H3789 a book.^H5612

Job 33:19

Job 33:19 - He is chastened^H3198 also with pain^H4341 upon his bed,^H4904 and the multitude^H7230^H7379 of his bones^H6106 with strong^H386 pain:

Psa 18:43

Psa 18:43 - Thou hast delivered^H6403 me from the strivings^H7379 of the people;^H5971 and thou hast made^H7760 me the head^H7218 of the heathen:^H1471 a people^H5971 whom I have not known^H3045 shall serve^H5647 me.

Psa 31:20

Psa 31:20 - Thou shalt hide^H5641 them in the secret^H5643 of thy presence^H6440 from the pride^H7407 of man:^H376 thou shalt keep them secretly^H6845 in a pavilion^H5521 from the strife^H7379 of tongues.^H3956

Psa 35:23

Psa 35:23 - Stir up^H5782 thyself, and awake^H6974 to my judgment,^H4941 even unto my cause,^H7379 my God^H430 and my Lord.^H136

Psa 43:1

Psa 43:1 - Judge^H8199 me, O God,^H430 and plead^H7378 my cause^H7379 against an ungodly^H3808^H2623 nation:^H1471 O deliver^H6403 me from the deceitful^H4820 and unjust^H5766 man.^H376

Psa 55:9

Psa 55:9 - Destroy,^H1104 O Lord,^H136 and divide^H6385 their tongues:^H3956 for I have seen^H7200 violence^H2555 and strife^H7379 in the city.^H5892

Psa 74:22

Psa 74:22 - Arise,^H6965 O God,^H430 plead^H7378 thine own cause:^H7379 remember^H2142 how the foolish man^H5036 reproacheth^H2781 thee daily.^H3117

Psa 119:154

Psa 119:154 - Plead^H7378 my cause,^H7379 and deliver^H1350 me: quicken^H2421 me according to thy word.^H565

Pro 15:18

Pro 15:18 - A wrathful^H2534 man^H376 stirreth up^H1624 strife:^H4066 but he that is slow^H750 to anger^H639 appeaseth^H8252 strife.^H7379

Pro 17:1

Pro 17:1 - Better^H2896 is a dry^H2720 morsel,^H6595 and quietness^H7962 therewith, than an house^H1004 full^H4392 of sacrifices^H2077 with strife.^H7379

Pro 17:14

Pro 17:14 - The beginning^H7225 of strife^H4066 is as when one letteth out^H6362 water:^H4325 therefore leave off^H5203 contention,^H7379 before^H6440 it be meddled^H1566 with.

Pro 18:6

Pro 18:6 - A fool's^H3684 lips^H8193 enter^H935 into contention,^H7379 and his mouth^H6310 calleth^H7121 for strokes.^H4112

Pro 18:17

Pro 18:17 - He that is first^H7223 in his own cause^H7379 seemeth just;^H6662 but his neighbour^H7453 cometh^H935^H935 and searcheth^H2713 him.

Pro 20:3

Pro 20:3 - It is an honour^H3519 for a man^H376 to cease^H7674 from strife:^H7379 but every fool^H191 will be meddling.^H1566

Pro 22:23

Pro 22:23 - For the LORD^H3068 will plead^H7378 their cause,^H7379 and spoil^H6906 the soul^H5315 of those that spoiled^H6906 them.

Pro 23:11

Pro 23:11 - For their redeemer^H1350 is mighty;^H2389 he shall plead^H7378 their cause^H7379 with thee.

Pro 25:9

Pro 25:9 - Debate^H7378 thy cause^H7379 with thy neighbour^H7453 himself; and discover^H1540 not a secret^H5475 to another:^H312

Pro 26:17

Pro 26:17 - He that passeth by,^H5674 and meddleth^H5674 with strife^H7379 belonging not to him, is like one that taketh^H2388 a dog^H3611 by the ears.^H241

Pro 26:21

Pro 26:21 - As coals^H6352 are to burning coals,^H1513 and wood^H6086 to fire;^H784 so is a contentious^H4079^H4066 man^H376 to kindle^H2787 strife.^H7379

Pro 30:33

Pro 30:33 - Surely the churning^H4330 of milk^H2461 bringeth forth^H3318 butter,^H2529 and the wringing^H4330 of the nose^H639 bringeth forth^H3318 blood:^H1818 so the forcing^H4330 of wrath^H639 bringeth forth^H3318 strife.^H7379

Isa 1:23

Isa 1:23 - Thy princes^H8269 are rebellious,^H5637 and companions^H2270 of thieves:^H1590 every one loveth^H157 gifts,^H7810 and followeth^H7291 after rewards:^H8021 they judge^H8199 not the fatherless,^H3490 neither doth the cause^H7379 of the widow^H490 come^H935 unto them.

Isa 34:8

Isa 34:8 - For it is the day^H3117 of the LORD'S^H3068 vengeance,^H5359 and the year^H8141 of recompences^H7966 for the controversy^H7379 of Zion.^H6726

Isa 41:11

Isa 41:11 - Behold, all they that were incensed^H2734 against thee shall be ashamed^H954 and confounded:^H3637 they shall be as nothing; and they^H582 that strive^H7379 with thee shall perish.^H6

Isa 41:21

Isa 41:21 - Produce^H7126 your cause,^H7379 saith^H559 the LORD;^H3068 bring forth^H5066 your strong^H6110 reasons, saith^H559 the King^H4428 of Jacob.^H3290

Isa 58:4

Isa 58:4 - Behold, ye fast^H6684 for strife^H7379 and debate,^H4683 and to smite^H5221 with the fist^H106 of wickedness:^H7562 ye shall not fast^H6684 as ye do this day,^H3117 to make your voice^H6963 to be heard^H8085 on high.^H4791

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

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.

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

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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