H7378: רִיב
rîyb · pronounced reeb · “to contend”
Definition
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV translates it as: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
Word origin: or רוּב; a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to strive
1a1a) physically
1a1b) with words
1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue
1a3) to make complaint
1a4) to quarrel
1b) (Hiphil) to contend against
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7378 is translated
- ! ×12
- conduct a case ×5
- he will conduct ×4
- they disputed ×3
- it quarreled ×2
- him ×2
- he will conduct a case ×2
- let him conduct a case ×2
- will he conduct a case ×2
- will he contend ×2
- one who contends ×2
- i will contend ×2
Bible verses with H7378 (rîyb)
Rîyb appears in 59 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 26:20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
- Genesis 26:21
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
- Genesis 26:22
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
- Genesis 31:36
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
- Exodus 17:2
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
- Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
- Numbers 20:13
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
- Deuteronomy 33:7
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- Judges 6:31
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
- Judges 6:32
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
- Judges 8:1
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
- Judges 11:25
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
- Judges 21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
- 1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
- 1 Samuel 24:15
The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
- Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 13:11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
- Nehemiah 13:17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
- Nehemiah 13:25
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
- Job 9:3
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
- Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Job 13:8
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
All 59 references
- Job 13:19
- Job 23:6
- Job 33:13
- Job 40:2
- Psalms 35:1
- Psalms 43:1
- Psalms 74:22
- Psalms 103:9
- Psalms 119:154
- Proverbs 3:30
- Proverbs 22:23
- Proverbs 23:11
- Proverbs 25:8
- Proverbs 25:9
- Isaiah 1:17
- Isaiah 3:13
- Isaiah 19:20
- Isaiah 27:8
- Isaiah 45:9
- Isaiah 49:25
- Isaiah 50:8
- Isaiah 51:22
- Isaiah 57:16
- Jeremiah 2:9
- Jeremiah 2:29
- Jeremiah 12:1
- Jeremiah 50:34
- Jeremiah 51:36
- Lamentations 3:58
- Hosea 2:2
- Hosea 4:4
- Amos 7:4
- Micah 6:1
- Micah 7:9
Words derived from H7378
יְהוֹיָרִיב H3080
Yᵉhôwyârîyb — Jehoiarib
יָרֵב H3377
Yârêb — `great`
יְרֻבַּעַל H3378
Yᵉrubbaʻal — Jerubbaal
יָרׇבְעָם H3379
Yârobʻâm — Jeroboam
יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת H3380
Yᵉrubbesheth — Jerubbesheth
יָרִיב H3401
yârîyb — opponent
מְרִיב בַּעַל H4807
Mᵉrîyb Baʻal — Merib-baal
מְרִיבָה H4808
mᵉrîybâh — provocation
רִיב H7379
rîyb — strife
רִיבַי H7380
Rîybay — Ribai