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Lexicon :: Strong's H7379 - rîḇ

Aa
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.
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 - The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 - For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 - Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 - If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - A noise will come, even to the end of the earth; for the Lord has a cause against the nations, he will give his decision against all flesh; as for the evil-doers, he will give them to the sword, says the Lord.

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