1) to strive, contend 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
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H7378 — רִיב
riv · to contend · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 26:20 · וַיָּרִ֜יבוּThe herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.Genesis 26:21 · וַיָּרִ֖יבוּThey dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.Genesis 26:22 · רָב֖וּHe left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”Genesis 31:36 · וַיָּ֣רֶבJacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?Exodus 17:2 · וַיָּ֤רֶב · תְּרִיבוּן֙Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”Exodus 21:18 · יְרִיבֻ֣ן“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;Numbers 20:3 · וַיָּ֥רֶבThe people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!Numbers 20:13 · רָב֥וּThese are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.Deuteronomy 33:7 · רָ֣בThis is for Judah. He said, “Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”Deuteronomy 33:8 · תְּרִיבֵ֖הוּOf Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;Judges 6:31 · תְּרִיב֣וּן · יָרִ֥יב · יָ֣רֶבJoash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar.”Judges 6:32 · יָ֤רֶבTherefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.”Judges 8:1 · וַיְרִיב֥וּןThe men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us, when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.Judges 11:25 · הֲר֥וֹב · רָב֙Now are you anything 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 · לָרִ֣יבIt shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.’”1 Samuel 2:10 · מְרִיבָ֗יוThose who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”1 Samuel 24:15 · וְיָרֵ֣בMay Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”1 Samuel 25:39 · רָב֩When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.Nehemiah 5:7 · וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.Nehemiah 13:11 · וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.Nehemiah 13:17 · וָאָרִ֕יבָהThen I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?Nehemiah 13:25 · וָאָרִ֤יבI contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.Job 9:3 · לָרִ֣יבIf he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.Job 10:2 · תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.Job 13:8 · תְּרִיבֽוּן׃Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?Job 13:19 · יָרִ֣יבWho is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.Job 23:6 · יָרִ֣יבWould he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.Job 33:13 · רִיב֑וֹתָWhy do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?Job 40:2 · הֲ֭רֹב“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”Psalm 35:1 · רִיבָ֣הBy David. Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.Psalm 43:1 · וְרִ֘יבָ֤הVindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.Psalm 74:22 · רִיבָ֣הArise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.Psalm 103:9 · יָרִ֑יבHe will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.Psalm 119:154 · רִיבָ֣הPlead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.Proverbs 3:30 · תָּרִ֣יבDon’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.Proverbs 22:23 · יָרִ֣יבfor Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.Proverbs 23:11 · יָרִ֖יבfor their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.Proverbs 25:8 · לָרִ֗בDon’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?Proverbs 25:9 · רִ֣יבDebate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;Isaiah 1:17 · רִ֖יבוּLearn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”Isaiah 3:13 · לָרִ֖יבYahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.Isaiah 19:20 · וָרָ֖בIt will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.Isaiah 27:8 · תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּהIn measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.Isaiah 45:9 · רָ֚בWoe to him who strives with his Maker—a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’Isaiah 49:25 · אָרִ֔יבBut thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.Isaiah 50:8 · יָרִ֥יבHe is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.Isaiah 51:22 · יָרִ֣יבThus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:Isaiah 57:16 · אָרִ֔יבFor I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.Jeremiah 2:9 · אָרִ֥יב · אָרִֽיב׃“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.Jeremiah 2:29 · תָרִ֖יבוּ“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.Jeremiah 12:1 · אָרִ֖יבYou are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?Jeremiah 50:34 · רִ֥יב · יָרִ֖יבTheir Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.Jeremiah 51:36 · רָב֙Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.Lamentations 3:58 · רַ֧בְתָּLord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.Hosea 2:2 · רִ֤יבוּ · רִ֔יבוּContend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;Hosea 4:4 · יָרֵ֖ב · כִּמְרִיבֵ֥י“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.Amos 7:4 · לָרִ֥בThus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.Micah 6:1 · רִ֣יבListen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.Micah 7:9 · יָרִ֤יבI will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.