רִיב
rîb
strife
Strong's H7379NounHebrewTWOT 2159a

רִיב (rîb) is a Hebrew noun meaning strife. It appears 61 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7379).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2159a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2159a)strife, dispute; contest; adversary, cause, chiding, contend, contention, controversy, multitude, pleading, strive, striveing, suit
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רִיב noun, masculine: strife, dispute

Strong's H7379 רִיב: a contest (personal or legal)
KJV:adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

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

See it in Scripture

Genesis 13:7Exodus 17:7Deuteronomy 1:12

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