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mĕrîbâ
strife
Strong's H4808 Noun Hebrew TWOT 2159c
מְרִיבָה (mĕrîbâ ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning strife . It appears
7 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4808).
Also rendered
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2159c) Range of meaning (TWOT 2159c) strife, contention; quarrel; provocation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's מְרִיבָה noun, feminine : strife, contention
Strong's H4808 מְרִיבָה : quarrelKJV: provocation, strife.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2159: רִיב rîb — strive, contend; toss, grapple, wrangle, hold a controversy, defend; adversary, chide, complain, debate, plead, rebuke
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Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Lemma data from STEPBible , Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Occurrence data from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible tagging.
Scripture links use the KJ3 Literal Translation.