Strong's #7379: riyb (pronounced reeb)
or rib {reeb}; from 7378; a contest (personal or legal):--+ adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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rı̂yb / rib
1) strife, controversy, dispute
1a) strife, quarrel
1b) dispute, controversy, case at law
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H7378
Usage:
This word is used 60 times:
Jeremiah 51:36: "Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up"
Lamentations 3:36: "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:58: "O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life."
Ezekiel 44:24: "And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep"
Hosea 4:1: "of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because"
Hosea 12:2: "The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways;"
Micah 6:2: "ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for"
Micah 6:2: "of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with"
Micah 7:9: "I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light,"
Habakkuk 1:3: "are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention."
