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Lexicon :: Strong's H7379 - rîḇ

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רִיב
Transliteration
rîḇ
Pronunciation
reeb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was strife H7379 between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were living then in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - So he named the place [fn]Massah and [fn]Meribah because of the contending H7379 of the sons of Israel, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us or not?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - “You shall not follow [fn]the masses in doing evil, nor shall you [fn]testify in a case H7379 so as to turn aside after [fn]the masses in order to [fn]cause justice to be turned aside;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - nor shall you [fn]be partial to a poor man in his case H7379.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 -

“You shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - ‘How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife H7379?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 -

“If any case is too difficult for you to judge, between [fn]one kind of homicide or another, between [fn]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between [fn]one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute H7379 in your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then both the men who have the dispute H7379 shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - “Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to minister for Him and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and every dispute H7379 and every [fn]assault [fn]shall be settled by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 -

“If there is a dispute H7379 between men and they go to court for judgment, and [fn]the judges judge their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - Then Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife H7379 with the sons of Ammon. And I cried out to you, but you did not save me from their hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:15 - “Therefore Yahweh be judge and execute justice between [fn]you and me; and may He see and plead my cause H7379 and execute justice for me to escape from your hand.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 -

Then David heard that Nabal was dead, so he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause H7379 of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. Yahweh has also returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent [fn]a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a case H7379 to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Then Absalom would say, “Oh that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has any case H7379 or judgment could come to me and I would justify him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 -

“You have also delivered me from the contentions H7379 of my people;

You have kept me as head of the nations;

A people whom I have not known serve me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 -

In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh and to judge [fn]disputes. So they returned to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - “Whenever any dispute H7379 comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before Yahweh and wrath may not come on you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 -

“Please hear my argument

And give heed to the contentions H7379 of my lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:16 -

“I was a father to the needy,

And I searched out the case H7379 which I did not know.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 -

“Oh that I had one to hear me!

Behold, here is my [fn]signature;

Let the Almighty answer me!

And the indictment which my accuser H7379 has written,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 -

[fn]Man is also reproved with pain on his bed,

And with unceasing contention H7379 in his bones,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 -

You have delivered me from the contentions H7379 of the people;

You have placed me as head of the nations;

A people whom I have not known serve me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 -

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;

You keep them secretly in a [fn]shelter from the strife H7379 of tongues.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 -

Stir up Yourself, and awake to my justice

And to my cause H7379, my God and my Lord.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 -

Give justice to me, O God, and plead my case H7379 against an unholy nation;

[fn]Oh protect me from the deceitful and unrighteous man!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 -

[fn]Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,

For I have seen violence and strife H7379 in the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 -

Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause H7379;

Remember [fn]how the wicked fool reproaches You all day long.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 -

Plead my cause H7379 and redeem me;

Revive me according to Your [fn]word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 -

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,

But the slow to anger quiets a dispute H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 -

Better is a dry morsel and tranquility with it

Than a house full of [fn]feasting with strife H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 -

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,

So abandon the dispute H7379 before it breaks out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 -

A fool’s lips come with strife H7379,

And his mouth calls for beatings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:17 -

The first [fn]to plead H7379 his case H7379 seems right,

Until [fn]another comes and examines him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 -

It is a glory for a man to cease quarreling H7379,

But any ignorant fool will break out in dispute.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 -

For Yahweh will plead their case H7379

And rob the soul of those who rob them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 -

For their Redeemer is strong;

He will plead their case H7379 against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 -

Plead your case H7379 with your neighbor,

And do not reveal the secret of another,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 -

Like one who seizes a dog by the ears

Is he who passes by and becomes passionate about strife H7379 not belonging to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 -

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

So is a contentious man to kindle strife H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 -

For pressing milk brings forth butter,

And pressing the nose brings forth blood;

And pressing anger brings forth strife H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 -

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves a bribe

And pursues rewards.

They do not execute justice for the [fn]orphan,

Nor does the widow’s plea H7379 come before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:8 -

For Yahweh has a day of vengeance,

A year of recompense for the [fn]cause H7379 of Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 -

“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;

Those who contend H7379 with you will be as nothing and will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:21 -

“Bring near your case H7379,” Yahweh says.

“Bring forward your mighty arguments,”

The King of Jacob says.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 -

“Behold, you fast for contention H7379 and quarreling and to strike with a wicked fist.

You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 -

But, O Yahweh of hosts, who judges righteously,

Who tests the [fn]insides and the heart,

Let me see Your vengeance on them,

For to You have I revealed my case H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 -

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me

As a man of strife H7379 and a man of contention to all the land!

I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me,

Yet everyone curses me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 -

Yet, O Yahweh of hosts, You who test the righteous,

Who see the [fn]mind and the heart;

Let me see Your vengeance on them,

For to You I have revealed my cause H7379.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 -

‘A rumbling has come to the end of the earth

Because Yahweh has a contention H7379 against the nations.

He is entering into judgment with all flesh;

As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares Yahweh.”


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