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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 BoxExo 23:2 - Thou shalt H1961 not H3808 follow H310 a multitude H7227 to do evil; H7451 neither H3808 shalt thou speak H6030 in H5921 a cause H7379 to decline H5186 after H310 many H7227 to wrest H5186 judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - Neither H3808 shalt thou countenance H1921 a poor man H1800 in his cause. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt H5186➔ not H3808 wrest ➔H5186 the judgment H4941 of thy poor H34 in his cause. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How H349 can I myself H5375➔ alone H905 bear ➔H5375 your cumbrance, H2960 and your burden, H4853 and your strife? H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If H3588 there arise H6381➔ a matter H1697 too hard ➔H6381 for thee H4480 in judgment, H4941 between H996 blood H1818 and blood, H1818 between H996 plea H1779 and plea, H1779 and between H996 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 H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose; H977

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - Then H5975➔ both H8147 the men, H376 between whom H834 the controversy H7379 is, shall stand ➔H5975 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 before H6440 the priests H3548 and the judges, H8199 which H834 shall be H1961 in H3117➔ those H1992 days; ➔H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - And H5066➔ the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 shall come near; ➔H5066 for H3588 them the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 to minister unto him, H8334 and to bless H1288 in the name H8034 of the LORD; H3068 and by H5921 their word H6310 shall H1961➔ every H3605 controversy H7379 and every H3605 stroke H5061 be ➔H1961 tried:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - If H3588 there be H1961 a controversy H7379 between H996 men, H376 and they come H5066 unto H413 judgment, H4941 that the judges may judge them; H8199 then they shall justify H6663 the righteous, H6662 and condemn H7561 the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And H559➔ Jephthah H3316 said ➔H559 unto them, H413 I H589 and my people H5971 were at H1961 great H3966 strife H7379 with the children H1121 of Ammon; H5983 and when I called H2199 you, H853 ye delivered H3467 me H853 not H3808 out of their hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - The LORD H3068 therefore be H1961 judge, H1781 and judge H8199 between me H996 and thee, H996 and see, H7200 and plead H7378 my cause, H7379 and deliver me H8199 out of thine hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And when H8085➔ David H1732 heard ➔H8085 that H3588 Nabal H5037 was dead, H4191 he said, H559 Blessed H1288 be the LORD, H3068 that H834 hath pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal, H5037 and H853 hath kept H2820 his servant H5650 from evil: H7451 for H853 the LORD H3068 hath returned H7725 the wickedness H7451 of Nabal H5037 upon his own head. H7218 And H7971➔ David H1732 sent ➔H7971 and communed H1696 with Abigail, H26 to take her H3947 to him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And H7925➔ Absalom H53 rose up early, ➔H7925 and stood H5975 beside H5921 H3027 the way H1870 of the gate: H8179 and it was H1961 so, that when H935➔ any H3605 man H376 that H834 had H1961 a controversy H7379 came ➔H935 to H413 the king H4428 for judgment, H4941 then H7121➔ Absalom H53 called ➔H7121 unto him, H413 and said, H559 Of what H335 city H5892 art thou? H859 And he said, H559 Thy servant H5650 is of one H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Absalom H53 said moreover, H559 Oh that H4310 I were made H7760 judge H8199 in the land, H776 that H5921➔ every H3605 man H376 which H834 hath H1961 any suit H7379 or cause H4941 might come H935 unto me, ➔H5921 and I would do him justice! H6663

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - Thou also hast delivered me H6403 from the strivings H7379 of my people, H5971 thou hast kept me H8104 to be head H7218 of the heathen: H1471 a people H5971 which I knew H3045 not H3808 shall serve me. H5647

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover H1571 in Jerusalem H3389 did H5975➔ Jehoshaphat H3092 set ➔H5975 of H4480 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And H3605➔ what H834 cause H7379 soever ➔H3605 shall come H935 to you H5921 of your brethren H251 that dwell H3427 in their cities, H5892 between H996 blood H1818 and blood, H1818 between H996 law H8451 and commandment, H4687 statutes H2706 and judgments, H4941 ye shall even warn H2094 them H853 that H3808➔ they trespass H816 not ➔H3808 against the LORD, H3068 and so H1961➔ wrath H7110 come ➔H1961 upon you, H5921 and upon H5921 your brethren: H251 this H3541 do, H6213 and H3808➔ ye shall H816➔ not ➔H3808 trespass. ➔H816

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear H8085 now H4994 my reasoning, H8433 and H7379➔ hearken H7181 to the pleadings ➔ H7379 of my lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 - I H595 was a father H1 to the poor: H34 and the cause H7379 which I knew H3045 not H3808 I searched out. H2713

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that H4310 H5414 one would hear H8085 me! H589 behold, H2005 my desire H8420 is, that the Almighty H7706 would answer me, H6030 and that H5612➔ mine adversary H376 H7379 had written H3789 a book. ➔H5612

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - He is chastened also H3198 with pain H4341 upon H5921 his bed, H4904 and the multitude H7230 of his bones H6106 with strong H386 pain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - Thou hast delivered me H6403 from the strivings H7379 of the people; H5971 and thou hast made me H7760 the head H7218 of the heathen: H1471 a people H5971 whom I have H3045➔ not H3808 known ➔H3045 shall serve me. H5647

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - Thou shalt hide them H5641 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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Destroy, H1104 O Lord, H136 and divide H6385 their tongues: H3956 for H3588 I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, H6965 O God, H430 plead H7378 thine own cause: H7379 remember H2142 how H4480 the foolish man H5036 reproacheth thee H2781 daily. H3605 H3117

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honour H3519 for a man H376 to cease H7674 from strife: H7379 but every H3605 fool H191 will be meddling. H1566

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For H3588 the LORD H3068 will plead H7378 their cause, H7379 and spoil H6906 the soul of H5315 those that spoiled them. H6906

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For H3588 their redeemer H1350 is mighty; H2389 he H1931 shall plead H7378 their cause H7379 with thee. H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - He that passeth by, H5674 and meddleth H5674 with H5921 strife H7379 belonging not H3808 to him, is like one that taketh H2388 a dog H3611 by the ears. H241

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - Surely H3588 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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: H1992 for H3588 unto thee H413 have I revealed H1540 my cause. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe H188 is me, H589 my mother, H517 that H3588 thou hast borne me H3205 a man H376 of strife H7379 and a man H376 of contention H4066 to H3605➔ the H776➔ whole ➔H3605 earth! ➔H776 I have H5383➔ neither H3808 lent on usury, ➔H5383 nor H3808 men have lent H5383➔ to me on usury; ➔H5383 yet every one of them H3605 doth curse me. H7043

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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: H1992 for H3588 unto thee H413 have I opened H1540 my cause. H7379

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