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Strong's #7378: riyb (pronounced reeb)

or ruwb {roob}; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend:--adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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rı̂yb / rûb

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

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 66 times:

Genesis 26:20: "And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water"
Genesis 26:21: "And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name"
Genesis 26:22: "and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name"
Genesis 31:36: "And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban,"
Exodus 17:2: "Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink."
Exodus 17:2: "And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt"
Exodus 21:18: "And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone,"
Numbers 20:3: "And the people chided with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died"
Numbers 20:13: "because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified"
Deuteronomy 33:8: "whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;"
Judges 6:31: "stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that"
Judges 6:31: "will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if"
Judges 6:31: "if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar."
Judges 6:32: "him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar."
Judges 8:1: "thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply."
Judges 11:25: "than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against"
Judges 11:25: "than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against"
Judges 21:22: "their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them for our sakes: because"
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"
1 Samuel 24:15: "and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand."
1 Samuel 25:39: "Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand"
Nehemiah 5:7: "Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said"
Nehemiah 13:11: " Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken?"
Nehemiah 13:17: " Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing"
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"
Job 9:3: "If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of"
Job 10:2: "condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest"
Job 13:8: "Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?"
Job 13:19: "Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost."
Job 23:6: " Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put"
Job 31:13: "the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with"
Job 33:13: "Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters."
Job 40:2: " Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer"
Psalms 35:1: "A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against"
Psalms 43:1: "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:"
Psalms 74:22: "Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth"
Psalms 103:9: "He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever."
Psalms 119:154: " Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word."
Proverbs 3:30: " Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no"
Proverbs 22:23: "For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled"
Proverbs 23:11: "their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with"
Proverbs 25:8: "Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end"
Proverbs 25:9: " Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another:"
Isaiah 1:17: "the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Isaiah 3:13: "The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people."
Isaiah 27:8: "In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind."
Isaiah 45:9: "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth."
Isaiah 49:25: "of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children."
Isaiah 50:8: "He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who"
Isaiah 51:22: "thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand"









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