רִיב riv

Hebrew word for “to contend” · Strong’s H7378 · used 67 times in 59 verses

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Meaning

1) to strive, contend;

How it is translated

Glosses given for riv in context, with how often each is used:

• conduct a case 5
• quarreled 4
• will conduct 4
• disputed 3
• will conduct a case 3
• contended ! 3
• conduct ! 3
• contended 2
• him conduct a case 2
• will he conduct a case 2
• one who contends 2
• will contend 2

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 26 (3), Nehemiah 13 (3), Numbers 20 (2), Deuteronomy 33 (2), Judges 6 (2), Job 13 (2), Proverbs 25 (2), Jeremiah 2 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Exodus 17 (1)

Forms

• יריב 10
• רב 5
• אריב 5
• וירב 4
• תריבון 3
• ירב 3
• לריב 3
• ואריבה 3
• ריבה 3
• ריב 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with riv more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רִיב riv “strife” 12
• אֵת et “with” 14
• מָה mah “what?” 8
• עִם im “with” 8
• הֶם hem “them” 8
• גָּאַל gaal “to redeem” 4
• קָרָא qara “to call” 6
• בְּאֵר beer “well” 3
• אִם im “if” 6
• עִמָּדִי immad “with me” 3
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
• אַל al “not” 5

Key verses

The verses using riv that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the…
• Deuteronomy 33:8 — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of…
• 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 the ends of the earth; and he shall give…
• Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
• Psalms 43:1 — Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
• 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. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest…
• Isaiah 49:25 — But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that…
• Isaiah 57:16 — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
• Jeremiah 50:34 — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants…
• Micah 7:9 — I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.