רִיבrîyb
strife, dispute, strife, quarrel
Pronunciation: reeb · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7379
Meanings
1. in words (Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 1:12; Genesis 13:7)
2. of public hostilities (2 Samuel 22:44; Psalms 18:44; Judges 12:2)
3. especially dispute, controversy, case at law (Exodus 23:2; Exodus 23:3; Exodus 23:6)
4. plea (Proverbs 18:17; Job 13:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 61 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:7 So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
- Exodus 17:7 Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord here with us or not?”
- Exodus 23:2 “You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice.
- Exodus 23:3 And do not slant your testimony in favor of a person just because that person is poor.
- Exodus 23:6 “In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor.
- Deuteronomy 1:12 But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?
See every passage
- Genesis 13:7
- Exodus 17:7, 23:2, 23:3, 23:6
- Deuteronomy 1:12, 17:8, 19:17, 21:5, 25:1
- Judges 12:2
- 1 Samuel 24:15, 25:39
- 2 Samuel 15:2, 15:4, 22:44
- 2 Chronicles 19:8, 19:10
- Job 13:6, 29:16, 31:13, 31:35
- Psalms 18:43, 31:20, 35:23, 43:1, 55:9, 74:22, 119:154
- Proverbs 15:18, 17:1, 17:14, 18:6, 18:17, 20:3, 22:23, 23:11, 25:9, 26:17, 26:21, 30:33
- Isaiah 1:23, 34:8, 41:11, 41:21, 58:4
- Jeremiah 11:20, 15:10, 20:12, 25:31, 50:34, 51:36
- Lamentations 3:36, 3:58
- Ezekiel 44:24
- Hosea 4:1, 12:2
- Micah 6:2, 7:9
- Habakkuk 1:3
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).