רִיב riv

Hebrew word for “strife” · Strong’s H7379 · used 61 times in 60 verses

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Meaning

1) strife, controversy, dispute; 1a) strife, quarrel; 1b) dispute, controversy, case at law

How it is translated

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

• case 16
• strife 12
• case at law 11
• dispute 7
• disputes 2
• cause 2
• quarreling 1
• quarrel 1
• cases at law 1
• strifes 1
• contentions 1
• complaint 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 23 (3), 2 Samuel 15 (2), 2 Chronicles 19 (2), Job 31 (2), Proverbs 17 (2), Proverbs 18 (2), Proverbs 26 (2), Isaiah 41 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Genesis 13 (1)

Forms

• ריב 21
• ריבי 8
• בריבו 4
• ריבך 4
• וריב 3
• ריבם 3
• הריב 2
• מריבי 2
• מריב 2
• לריב 2

Words used with it

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

• רִיב riv “to contend” 12
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 11
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 9
• מָדוֹן madon “strife” 4
• בַּיִן bayin “between” 5
• גָּאַל gaal “to redeem” 4
• נְקָמָה neqamah “vengeance” 3
• רָאָה raah “to see” 7
• פָּלַט palat “to escape” 3
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 6
• גָּלַע gala “to quarrel” 2
• הֵן hen “look!” 4

Key verses

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

• 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
• 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…
• 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…
• Psalms 43:1 — Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
• Proverbs 17:14 — The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
• Isaiah 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
• Jeremiah 11:20 — But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
• Jeremiah 15:10 — Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me…
• Jeremiah 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
• 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…
• Hosea 4:1 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor…
• 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.