1) strife, controversy, dispute 1a) strife, quarrel 1b) dispute, controversy, case at law
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H7379 — רִיב
riv · strife · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 13:7 · רִ֗יבand there is a strife between those feeding Abram’s cattle and those feeding Lot’s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite are then dwelling in the land.Exodus 17:7 · רִ֣יב׀and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the ‘strife’ of the sons of Israel, and because of their ‘trying’ Jehovah, saying, ‘Is Jehovah in our midst or not?’Exodus 23:2 · רִ֗בThou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause others to turn aside;Exodus 23:3 · בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃ סand a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.Exodus 23:6 · בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃‘Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;Deuteronomy 1:12 · וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃‘How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?Deuteronomy 17:8 · רִיבֹ֖ת‘When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within thy gates—then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,Deuteronomy 19:17 · הָרִ֖יבthen have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,Deuteronomy 21:5 · רִ֥יב‘And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh—for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke—Deuteronomy 25:1 · רִיב֙‘When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,Judges 12:2 · רִ֗יבAnd Jephthah saith unto them, ‘A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,1 Samuel 24:15 · רִיבִ֔יAnd 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 · רִ֨יבand 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.2 Samuel 15:2 · רִיב֩and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, ‘Of what city art thou?’ and he saith, ‘Of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant.’2 Samuel 15:4 · רִ֥יבAnd Absalom saith, ‘Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment?—then I have declared him righteous.’2 Samuel 22:44 · מֵרִיבֵ֖יAnd—Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me.2 Chronicles 19:8 · וְלָרִ֑יבAnd also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem,2 Chronicles 19:10 · רִיב֩and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty.Job 13:6 · וְרִב֖וֹתHear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,Job 29:16 · וְרִ֖בA father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.Job 31:13 · בְּ֝רִבָ֗םIf I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,Job 31:35 · רִיבִֽי׃Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.Psalm 18:43 · מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫יThou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.Psalm 31:20 · מֵרִ֥יבThou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.Psalm 35:23 · לְרִיבִֽי׃Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.Psalm 43:1 · רִיבִ֗יJudge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,Psalm 55:9 · וְרִ֣יבSwallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.Psalm 74:22 · רִיבֶ֑ךָArise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.Psalm 119:154 · רִ֭יבִיPlead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.Proverbs 15:18 · רִֽיב׃A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.Proverbs 17:1 · רִֽיב׃Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.Proverbs 17:14 · הָרִ֥יבThe beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.Proverbs 18:6 · בְרִ֑יבThe lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.Proverbs 18:17 · בְּרִיב֑וֹRighteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.Proverbs 20:3 · מֵרִ֑יבAn honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.Proverbs 22:23 · רִיבָ֑םFor Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.Proverbs 23:11 · רִיבָ֣םFor their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.Proverbs 25:9 · רִֽ֭יבְךָThy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,Proverbs 26:17 · רִ֥יבLaying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.Proverbs 26:21 · רִֽיב׃ פCoal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.Proverbs 30:33 · רִֽיב׃ פFor the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!Isaiah 1:23 · וְרִ֥יבThy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.Isaiah 34:8 · לְרִ֥יב(For a day of vengeance is to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion’s strife,)Isaiah 41:11 · רִיבֶֽךָ׃Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.Isaiah 41:21 · רִֽיבְכֶ֖םBring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.Isaiah 58:4 · לְרִ֤יבLo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as to -day, To sound in the high place your voice.Jeremiah 11:20 · רִיבִֽי׃ סAnd O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.’Jeremiah 15:10 · רִ֛יבWoe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me—All of them are reviling me.Jeremiah 20:12 · רִיבִֽי׃ סAnd, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.Jeremiah 25:31 · רִ֤יבWasting hath come unto the end of the earth, For a controversy hath Jehovah with nations, He hath executed judgment for all flesh, The wicked! He hath given them to the sword, An affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 50:34 · רִיבָ֑םTheir 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 · רִיבֵ֔ךְTherefore, 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 3:36 · בְּרִיב֔וֹTo subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.Lamentations 3:58 · רִיבֵ֥יThou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.Hosea 4:1 · רִ֤יבHear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife is to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,Hosea 12:2 · וְרִ֥יבAnd a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.Micah 6:2 · רִ֣יב · רִ֤יבHear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones—foundations of earth! For a strife is to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.Micah 7:9 · רִיבִי֙The 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.Habakkuk 1:3 · רִ֦יבWhy dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,