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Lexicon :: Strong's H7378 - rîḇ

Aa
רִיב
Transliteration
rîḇ
Pronunciation
reeb
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2159

Strong’s Definitions

רִיב rîyb, reeb; or רוּב rûwb; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend:—adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H7378 in the following manner: plead (27x), strive (13x), contend (12x), chide (6x), debate (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H7378 in the following manner: plead (27x), strive (13x), contend (12x), chide (6x), debate (2x), miscellaneous (7x).
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִיב rîyb, reeb; or רוּב rûwb; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend:—adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.
STRONGS H7378: Abbreviations
רִיב [NöZMG xxxvii (1883). 530, 534 Ges§ 73b] verb strive, contend (compare Arabic bdb093606(bdb093611) agitate (the mind), bdb093607disquiet; compare also Syriac bdb093608cry, shout, Aph`el also quarrel noisily, bdb093609shouting, clamour (see Nöl.c.); on Sabean proper name ריב = Arabic bdb093610see DHMib. 14); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רָב Judges 11:25; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2nd person masculine singular רַבְתָּ Lamentations 3:58, רִיבוֺתָ Job 33:13, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרִיב Judges 6:31 +, jussive יָרֵב Hosea 4:4; 1 Samuel 24:16, יָ֫רֶב לוֺ(בּוֺׅ Judges 6:31, 32; וַיָּ֫רֶב Genesis 31:36 +; 2nd person masculine singular תרוב Proverbs 3:30 Kt, תָּרִיב Qr; 3rd person masculine plural יְרִיבֻן Exodus 21:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב Micah 6:1; Proverbs 25:9, רִיבָה Psalm 35:1 +, masculine plural רִיבוּ Isaiah 1:17; Hosea 2:4; Infinitive absolute רוֺב Judges 11:25, רֹב Job 40:2; רִיב Jeremiah 50:34 (Ges§ 73di. 509 BaNB 80); construct רִיב Isaiah 3:13; Job 9:3 + Judges 21:22 Qr (Kt רוב), רִב Amos 7:4; Proverbs 25:8; Participle רָב Isaiah 19:20 +; — strive:
1. involving bodily struggle Exodus 21:18 (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, יָרָיוּ רָב לוֺ Deuteronomy 33:7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם of Israel, הֲרוֺב רָב Judges 11:25 (|| נִלְחַם).
2. with words, with ב person Genesis 31:36 (E), Exodus 17:2a (J) Judges 6:32, so (in figurative) Hosea 2:4 compare Hosea 2:4; often = quarrel, with עִם person, Genesis 26:20; Exodus 17:2b Numbers 20:3 (all J), Nehemiah 13:25; subject God Job 9:3; Job 13:19; Job 23:6; also Job 40:2 (עִם of God; on infinitive absolute see Ges§ 113ee), in general Proverbs 3:30; with אֵת person Judges 8:1; Nehemiah 5:7; Nehemiah 13:11, 17, subject י׳ Isaiah 49:25 (compare I. יָרִיב below), Psalm 35:1 (|| לָחַם); אֵת of י׳ Isaiah 45:9 (participle one striving), Numbers 20:13 (P); with עַל of thing Genesis 26:21, 22; absolute = find fault Hosea 4:4 (|| הוֺכִיחַ). Especially
3. conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, י׳ subject; Isaiah 3:13 (|| דִּין), Isaiah 57:16 (|| קָצַף), Psalm 103:9 (נָטַר [אַף]), compare קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ Amos 7:4; with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), Job 10:2; Isaiah 27:8; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb רִיב in good sense, = take one's part, 1 Samuel 24:15 (Gi; 1 Samuel 24:16 van d. H. Baer; || שָׁפַט), Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 50:34 (רִיב יָרִיב אֶתרִֿיבָם, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), Jeremiah 51:36 (|| נקם), Lamentations 3:58; Proverbs 22:23; Psalm 43:1 (+ מִגּוֺי; || שָׁפַט), Psalm 119:154 (+ גָּאַל), also Psalm 74:22 (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד person against whom 1 Samuel 25:39 (of vengeance); + אֵת person against whom Proverbs 23:11, so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Isaiah 50:8; Jeremiah 2:9 (twice in verse); compare אֶתֿ הֶהָרִים Micah 6:1 (II. אֵת 1c; Greek Version of the LXX πρός, whence We Now אֶלֿ in the presence of, but on רִיב אֶל see 4); ר׳ = plead, with ל person for whom Judges 6:31 (3 times in verse); Job 13:8, with accusative of person for whom Isaiah 1:17, of God Isaiah 51:22, compare Deuteronomy 33:8 (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes Proverbs 25:8, אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ רִיבְךָ ר׳ Proverbs 25:9.
4. = make complaint, with אֶל person unto and against whom Judges 21:22; Jeremiah 2:29; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 33:13.
Hiph. Participle suffix מריבו 1 Samuel 2:10 Kt (Qr מְרִיבָיו), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (י׳), compare plural construct ְ ועַמְּךָ כִמְרִיבֵי כֹהֵן Hosea 4:4, obscure; RSProph. 406 מָרוּ בִי thy people have rebelled against me, O priest ! Beck Wü We GASm וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו הַכֹּהֵן (הַכּ׳ as voc., and [by some] joined to Hosea 4:5); HermannSK, 1879, 516 וְעִמְּךָ מְרִיבִי הַכּ, compare Oort (רִיבִי); RubenCrit, Rem. on the passage ְ ועַמִּי כָמוֺךָ הַכּ׳, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ 1 Samuel 15:5 see ארב Hiph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:20; 26:21; 26:22; 31:36; 31:36

Exodus

17:2; 17:2; 21:18; 21:18

Numbers

20:3; 20:13

Deuteronomy

33:7; 33:8

Judges

6:31; 6:31; 6:31; 6:32; 6:32; 8:1; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 21:22; 21:22

1 Samuel

2:10; 15:5; 24:15; 24:16; 24:16; 25:29; 25:39

Nehemiah

5:7; 13:11; 13:17; 13:25

Job

9:3; 9:3; 10:2; 13:8; 13:19; 23:6; 33:13; 33:13; 40:2; 40:2

Psalms

35:1; 35:1; 43:1; 74:22; 103:9; 119:154

Proverbs

3:30; 3:30; 22:23; 23:11; 25:8; 25:8; 25:9; 25:9

Isaiah

1:17; 1:17; 3:13; 3:13; 19:20; 27:8; 45:9; 49:25; 50:8; 51:22; 57:16

Jeremiah

2:9; 2:29; 12:1; 50:34; 50:34; 51:36

Lamentations

3:58; 3:58

Hosea

2:4; 2:4; 2:4; 4:4; 4:4; 4:4; 4:5

Amos

7:4; 7:4

Micah

6:1; 6:1; 7:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7378 matches the Hebrew רִיב (rîḇ),
which occurs 70 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:20–Jer 2:29)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - the herdsmen H7462 of Gerar H1642 quarreled H7378 with the herdsmen H7462 of Isaac, H3327 saying, H559 “The water H4325 is ours!” So he named H7121 H8034 the well H875 [fn]Esek, H6230 because H3588 they contended H6229 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug H2658 another H312 well, H875 and they quarreled H7378 over H5921 it too, H1571 so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Sitnah. H7856
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - He moved H6275 away H6275 from there H8033 and dug H2658 another H312 well, H875 and they did not quarrel H7378 over H5921 it; so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Rehoboth, H7344 for he said, H559[fn]At last H3588 H6258 the LORD H3068 has made H7337 [fn]room H7337 for us, and we will be fruitful H6509 in the land.” H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - Then Jacob H3290 became H2734 angry H2734 and contended H7378 with Laban; H3837 and Jacob H3290 said H559 to Laban, H3837 “What H4100 is my transgression? H6588 What H4100 is my sin H2403 that you have hotly H1814 pursued H1814 me?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Therefore the people H5971 quarreled H7378 with Moses H4872 and said, H559 “Give H5414 us water H4325 that we may drink.” H8354 And Moses H4872 said H559 to them, “Why H4100 do you quarrel H7378 with me? Why H4100 do you test H5254 the LORD?” H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “If H3588 men H376 have H7378 a quarrel H7378 and one H376 strikes H5221 the other H7453 with a stone H68 or H176 with his fist, H106 and he does not die H4191 but [fn]remains H5307 in bed, H4904
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - The people H5971 thus contended H7378 with Moses H4872 and spoke, H559 saying, H559 “If H3863 only H3863 we had perished H1478 when our brothers H251 perished H1478 before H6440 the LORD! H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:13 - Those H1992 were the waters H4325 of [fn]Meribah, H4809 [fn]because H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 contended H7378 with the LORD, H3068 and He proved H6942 Himself holy H6942 among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Of Levi H3878 he said, H559
Let Your Thummim H8550 and Your Urim H224 belong to [fn]Your godly H2623 man, H376
Whom H834 You proved H5254 at Massah, H4532
With whom You contended H7378 at the waters H4325 of Meribah; H4809
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash H3060 said H559 to all H3605 who H834 stood H5975 against H5921 him, “Will you contend H7378 for Baal, H1168 or H518 will you deliver H3467 him? Whoever H834 will [fn]plead H7378 for him shall be put H4191 to death H4191 by morning. H1242 If H518 he is a god, H430 let him contend H7378 for himself, because H3588 someone has torn H5422 down H5422 his altar.” H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day H3117 he named H7121 him Jerubbaal, H3378 that is to say, H559 “Let Baal H1168 contend H7378 against him,” because H3588 he had torn H5422 down H5422 his altar. H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Then the men H376 of Ephraim H669 said H559 to him, “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 you have done H6213 to us, not calling H7121 us when H3588 you went H1980 to fight H3898 against Midian?” H4080 And they contended H7378 with him vigorously. H2394
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘Now H6258 are you any H2895 better H2896 than H4480 Balak H1111 the son H1121 of Zippor, H6834 king H4428 of Moab? H4124 Did he ever H7378 strive H7378 with Israel, H3478 or H518 did he ever H3898 fight H3898 against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - “It shall come H1961 about, when H3588 their fathers H1 or H176 their brothers H251 come H935 to complain H7378 to us, that we shall say H559 to them, ‘Give H2603 them to us voluntarily, H2603 because H3588 we did not take H3947 for each H376 man H376 of Benjamin [fn]a wife H802 in battle, H4421 [fn]nor H3588 H3808 did you give H5414 them to them, else you would now H6256 be guilty.’” H816
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - “Those who contend H7378 with the LORD H3068 will be shattered; H2865
Against H5921 them He will thunder H7481 in the heavens, H8064
The LORD H3068 will judge H1777 the ends H657 of the earth; H776
And He will give H5414 strength H5797 to His king, H4428
And will exalt H7311 the [fn]horn H7161 of His anointed.” H4899
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - Saul H7586 came H935 to the city H5892 of Amalek H6002 and set H693 an ambush H693 in the valley. H5158
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - “The LORD H3068 therefore be judge H1781 and decide H8199 between H996 [fn]you and me; and may He see H7200 and plead H7378 my cause H7379 and [fn]deliver H8199 me from your hand.” H3027
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead, H4191 he said, H559 “Blessed H1288 be the LORD, H3068 who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037 and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil. H7451 The LORD H3068 has also returned H7725 the evildoing H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head.” H7218 Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail, H26 to take H3947 her as his wife. H802
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I consulted H4427 with myself and contended H7378 with the nobles H2715 and the rulers H5461 and said H559 to them, “You are exacting H5377 usury, H4855 each H376 from his brother!” H251 Therefore, I held H5414 a great H1419 assembly H6952 against H5921 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I [fn]reprimanded H7378 the officials H5461 and said, H559 “Why H4069 is the house H1004 of God H430 forsaken?” H5800 Then I gathered H6908 them together and restored H5975 them to their posts. H5977
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - Then I [fn]reprimanded H7378 the nobles H2715 of Judah H3063 and said H559 to them, “What H4100 is this H2088 evil H7451 thing H1697 you are doing, H6213 [fn]by profaning H2490 the sabbath H7676 day? H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I contended H7378 with them and cursed H7043 them and struck H5221 some H376 of them and pulled H4803 out their hair, H4803 and made them swear H7650 by God, H430 “You shall not give H5414 your daughters H1323 to their sons, H1121 nor H518 take H5375 of their daughters H1323 for your sons H1121 or for yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - “If H518 one wished H2654 to dispute H7378 with Him,
He could not answer H6030 Him once H259 in a thousand H505 times.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:2 - “I will say H559 to God, H433 ‘Do not condemn H7561 me;
Let me know H3045 why H5921 H4100 You contend H7378 with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:8 - “Will you show H5375 partiality H6440 H5375 for Him?
Will you contend H7378 for God? H410
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - “Who H4310 will contend H7378 with me?
For then H6258 I would be silent H2790 and die. H1478
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6 - “Would He contend H7378 with me by the greatness H7230 of His power? H3581
No, H3808 surely H389 He would pay H7760 attention H7760 to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - “If H518 I have despised H3988 the claim H4941 of my male H5650 or female H519 slaves H519 H5650
When they filed H7378 a complaint H7379 against H5973 me,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - “Why H4069 do you complain H7378 against H413 Him
That He does not give H6030 an account H6030 of all H3605 His doings? H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - “Will the faultfinder H3250 contend H7378 with the Almighty? H7706
Let him who reproves H3198 God H433 answer H6030 it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:1 - A Psalm of David.
Contend, H7378 O LORD, H3068 with those who contend H3401 with me;
Fight H3898 against H854 those who fight H3898 against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Vindicate H8199 me, O God, H430 and plead H7378 my case H7379 against H4480 an ungodly H2623 H3808 nation; H1471
[fn]O deliver H6403 me from the deceitful H4820 and unjust H5766 man! H376
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, H6965 O God, H430 and plead H7378 Your own cause; H7379
Remember H2142 [fn]how the foolish H5036 man H5036 reproaches H2781 You all H3605 day H3117 long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:9 - He will not always H5331 strive H7378 with us,
Nor H3808 will He keep H5201 His anger forever. H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead H7378 my cause H7379 and redeem H1350 me;
Revive H2421 me according to Your [fn]word. H565
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not contend H7378 with a man H120 without H2600 cause, H2600
If H518 he has done H1580 you no H3808 harm. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For the LORD H3068 will plead H7378 their case H7379
And [fn]take H6906 the life H5315 of those who rob H6906 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their Redeemer H1350 is strong; H2389
He will plead H7378 their case H7379 against H854 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Do not go H3318 out hastily H4118 to [fn]argue H7378 your case;
[fn]Otherwise, H6435 what H4100 will you do H6213 in [fn]the end, H319
When your neighbor H7453 humiliates H3637 you?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - [fn]Argue H7378 your case H7379 with your neighbor, H7453
And do not reveal H1540 the secret H5475 of another, H312
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn H3925 to do H3190 good; H3190
Seek H1875 justice, H4941
Reprove H833 the ruthless, H2541
[fn]Defend H8199 the orphan, H3490
Plead H7378 for the widow. H490
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:13 - The LORD H3068 arises H5324 to contend, H7378
And stands H5975 to judge H1777 the people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - You contended H7378 with them [fn]by banishing H5432 them, by driving H7971 them away. H7971
With His fierce H7186 wind H7307 He has expelled H1898 them on the day H3117 of the east H6921 wind. H6921
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “Woe H1945 to the one who quarrels H7378 with his [fn]Maker H3335
An earthenware H2789 vessel H2789 [fn]among H854 the vessels H2789 of earth! H127
Will the clay H2563 say H559 to the [fn]potter, H3335 ‘What H4100 are you doing?’ H6213
Or the thing H6467 you are making H6467 say, ‘He has H369 no H369 hands’? H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:25 - Surely, H3588 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“Even H1571 the captives H7628 of the mighty H1368 man H1368 will be taken H3947 away,
And the prey H4455 of the tyrant H6184 will be rescued; H4422
For I will contend H7378 with the one H3401 who H3401 contends H3401 with you,
And I will save H3467 your sons. H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 - He who vindicates H6663 Me is near; H7138
Who H4310 will contend H7378 with Me?
Let us stand H5975 up to each H3162 other; H3162
Who H4310 has a case H1167 H4941 against Me?
Let him draw H5066 near H5066 to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - Thus H3541 says H559 your Lord, H136 the LORD, H3068 even your God H430
Who contends H7378 for His people, H5971
“Behold, H2009 I have taken H3947 out of your hand H3027 the cup H3563 of reeling, H8653
The [fn]chalice H3563 H6907 of My anger; H2534
You will never H3808 drink H8354 it again. H3254
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - “For I will not contend H7378 forever, H5769
Nor H3808 will I always H5331 be angry; H7107
For the spirit H7307 would grow H5848 faint H5848 before H4480 H6440 Me,
And the breath H5397 of those whom I have made. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:9 - “Therefore H3651 I will yet H5750 contend H7378 with you,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“And with your sons’ H1121 sons H1121 I will contend. H7378
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:29 - “Why H4100 do you contend H7378 with Me?
You have all H3605 transgressed H6586 against Me,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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