Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7379

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Original: רב ריב

Transliteration: riyb rib (rı̂yb rib)

Phonetic: reeb

BDB Definition:

strife, controversy, dispute
1. strife, quarrel
2. dispute, controversy, case at law

Origin: from H7378

TWOT entry: 2159a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition: From H7378; a contest (personal or legal): - + adversary, cause, chiding, contend (-tion), controversy, multitude [from the margin], pleading, strife, strive (-ing), suit.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (57x)

And For Controversies (1x)

And In Controversy (1x)

And Strife (1x)

And The Cause (1x)

And The Multitude (1x)

And There Was A Strife (1x)

And What Cause (1x)

And Your Strife (1x)

Because Of The Chiding (1x)

Between Whom The Controversy (1x)

Contention (1x)

Controversy (1x)

For Strife (1x)

For The Controversy (1x)

From Strife (1x)

From The Strife (1x)

Hath A Controversy (3x)

Hath Also A Controversy (1x)

If There Be A Controversy (1x)

In A Cause (1x)

In His Cause (2x)

In His Own Cause (1x)

Into Contention (1x)

Man In His Cause (1x)

Me From The Strivings (2x)

Mine Adversary (1x)

My Cause (6x)

Neither Doth The Cause (1x)

Of Controversy (1x)

Of Strife (1x)

Shall Every Controversy (1x)

Strife (1x)

That Had A Controversy (1x)

That Strive (1x)

The Cause (1x)

The Causes (1x)

Their Cause (3x)

Thine Own Cause (1x)

Thy Cause (2x)

To The Pleadings (1x)

Unto My Cause (1x)

When They Contended (1x)

Which Hath Any Suit (1x)

With Strife (1x)

Your Cause (1x)

All Occurrences

Genesis 13:7

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord , saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?(a)

(b)

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:(b)

Exodus 23:3

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Deuteronomy 1:12

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Deuteronomy 17:8

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

Deuteronomy 19:17

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord , before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord ; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:(a)

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Judges 12:2

And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

1 Samuel 24:15

The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.(d)

1 Samuel 25:39

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord , that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came 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.(a)

2 Samuel 15:4

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

2 Samuel 22:44

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

2 Chronicles 19:8

Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord , and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 19:10

And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord , and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

Job 13:6

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 31:13

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Job 31:35

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.(l)

Job 33:19

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Psalm 18:43

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Psalm 31:20

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Psalm 35:23

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psalm 43:1

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.(a)

(b)

Psalm 55:9

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 74:22

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Psalm 119:154

Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Proverbs 18:17

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H7379

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7379