Word Study · Strong's H3401 · Hebrew
יָרִיב
yarib
yaw-rebe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yârîyb
“literally he will contend”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
literally he will contend; properly, adjective, contentious; used as noun, an adversary
Rendered in the KJV as
that content(-eth), that strive.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- יְרִיבַ֑י1
- יְרִיבָֽי׃1
- יְרִיבֵךְ֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- opponents my2
- opponent your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Same headword in Strong's