Word Study · Strong's H7379
רִיב
rîyb
“a contest (personal or legal)”
- 61occurrencescanonical count
- 61tagged so farloaded book by book
- 17books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
a contest (personal or legal) KJV usage: [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
61 loaded
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis1 occurrence
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.
Exodus4 occurrences
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.
Judges1 occurrence
And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.The first tagged occurrence in Judges.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
2 Samuel3 occurrences
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Chronicles.
Job4 occurrences
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.The first tagged occurrence in Job.
Psalms7 occurrences
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.The first tagged occurrence in Psalms.
Proverbs12 occurrences
A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.The first tagged occurrence in Proverbs.
Isaiah5 occurrences
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.The first tagged occurrence in Isaiah.
Jeremiah6 occurrences
But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.The first tagged occurrence in Jeremiah.