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 · וַיָּרִ֜יבוּand shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, ‘The water is ours;’ and he calleth the name of the well ‘Strife,’ because they have striven habitually with him;Genesis 26:21 · וַיָּרִ֖יבוּand they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name ‘Hatred.’Genesis 26:22 · רָב֖וּAnd he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, ‘For—now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.’Genesis 31:36 · וַיָּ֣רֶבAnd it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, ‘What is my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?Exodus 17:2 · וַיָּ֤רֶב · תְּרִיבוּן֙and the people strive with Moses, and say, ‘Give us water, and we drink.’ And Moses saith to them, ‘What?—ye strive with me, what?—ye try Jehovah?’Exodus 21:18 · יְרִיבֻ֣ן‘And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;Numbers 20:3 · וַיָּ֥רֶבand the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, ‘And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!Numbers 20:13 · רָב֥וּThese are waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have ‘striven’ with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.Deuteronomy 33:7 · רָ֣בAnd this is for Judah; and he saith:—Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou.Deuteronomy 33:8 · תְּרִיבֵ֖הוּAnd of Levi he said:—Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah;Judges 6:31 · תְּרִיב֣וּן · יָרִ֥יב · יָ֣רֶבAnd Joash saith to all who have stood against him, ‘Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye—do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he is a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.’Judges 6:32 · יָ֤רֶבAnd he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, ‘The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.’Judges 8:1 · וַיְרִיב֥וּןAnd the men of Ephraim say unto him, ‘What is this thing thou hast done to us—not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?’ and they strive with him severely;Judges 11:25 · הֲר֥וֹב · רָב֙And now, art thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?Judges 21:22 · לָרִ֣יבand it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us by them, for we have not taken to each his wife in battle, for ye—ye have not given to them at this time that ye are guilty.’1 Samuel 2:10 · מְרִיבָ֗יוJehovah—broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.’1 Samuel 24:15 · וְיָרֵ֣בAnd Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.’1 Samuel 25:39 · רָב֩and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, ‘Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;’ and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.Nehemiah 5:7 · וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, ‘Usury one upon another ye are exacting;’ and I set against them a great assembly,Nehemiah 13:11 · וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙And I strive with the prefects, and say, ‘Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?’ and I gather them, and set them on their station;Nehemiah 13:17 · וָאָרִ֕יבָהAnd I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, ‘What is this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day?Nehemiah 13:25 · וָאָרִ֤יבAnd I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, ‘Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.Job 9:3 · לָרִ֣יבIf he delight to strive with Him—He doth not answer him one of a thousand.Job 10:2 · תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃I say unto God, ‘Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive with me.Job 13:8 · תְּרִיבֽוּן׃His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?Job 13:19 · יָרִ֣יבWho is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.Job 23:6 · יָרִ֣יבIn the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me.Job 33:13 · רִיב֑וֹתָWherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?Job 40:2 · הֲ֭רֹבIs the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.Psalm 35:1 · רִיבָ֣הBy David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,Psalm 43:1 · וְרִ֘יבָ֤הJudge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,Psalm 74:22 · רִיבָ֣הArise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.Psalm 103:9 · יָרִ֑יבNot for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.Psalm 119:154 · רִיבָ֣הPlead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.Proverbs 3:30 · תָּרִ֣יבStrive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.Proverbs 22:23 · יָרִ֣יבFor Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.Proverbs 23:11 · יָרִ֖יבFor their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.Proverbs 25:8 · לָרִ֗בGo not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?Proverbs 25:9 · רִ֣יבThy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,Isaiah 1:17 · רִ֖יבוּSeek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.Isaiah 3:13 · לָרִ֖יבJehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.Isaiah 19:20 · וָרָ֖בAnd it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them.Isaiah 27:8 · תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּהIn measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,Isaiah 45:9 · רָ֚בWoe to him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, ‘What dost thou?’ And thy work, ‘He hath no hands?’Isaiah 49:25 · אָרִ֔יבFor thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.Isaiah 50:8 · יָרִ֥יבNear is He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who is mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.Isaiah 51:22 · יָרִ֣יבThus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth for his people: ‘Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more.Isaiah 57:16 · אָרִ֔יבFor, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.Jeremiah 2:9 · אָרִ֥יב · אָרִֽיב׃Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons’ sons I plead.Jeremiah 2:29 · תָרִ֖יבוּWhy do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 12:1 · אָרִ֖יבRighteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.Jeremiah 50:34 · רִ֥יב · יָרִ֖יבTheir Redeemer is strong, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.Jeremiah 51:36 · רָב֙Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.Lamentations 3:58 · רַ֧בְתָּThou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.Hosea 2:2 · רִ֤יבוּ · רִ֔יבוּPlead ye with your mother—plead, (For she is not My wife, and I am not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,Hosea 4:4 · יָרֵ֖ב · כִּמְרִיבֵ֥יOnly, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people are as those striving with a priest.Amos 7:4 · לָרִ֥בThus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:Micah 6:1 · רִ֣יבHear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: ‘Rise—strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.’Micah 7:9 · יָרִ֤יבThe indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.