Hebrew word study

רִיבrîyb — a contest (personal or legal)

Pronounced “reeb”

a contest (personal or legal)

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

Appears 62 times in Scripture

Origin: or רִב; from H7378 (רִיב);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Genesis 13:7

Exodus — 4×

Exodus 17:7 Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:3 Exodus 23:6

Deuteronomy — 5×

Deuteronomy 1:12 Deuteronomy 17:8 Deuteronomy 19:17 Deuteronomy 21:5 Deuteronomy 25:1

Judges — 1×

Judges 12:2

1 Samuel — 2×

1 Sam 24:15 1 Sam 25:39

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 15:2 2 Sam 15:4 2 Sam 22:44

2 Chronicles — 2×

2 Chr 19:8 2 Chr 19:10

Job — 5×

Job 13:6 Job 29:16 Job 31:13 Job 31:35 Job 33:19

Psalms — 7×

Psalms 18:43 Psalms 31:20 Psalms 35:23 Psalms 43:1 Psalms 55:9 Psalms 74:22 Psalms 119:154

Proverbs — 12×

Proverbs 15:18 Proverbs 17:1 Proverbs 17:14 Proverbs 18:6 Proverbs 18:17 Proverbs 20:3 Proverbs 22:23 Proverbs 23:11 Proverbs 25:9 Proverbs 26:17 Proverbs 26:21 Proverbs 30:33

Isaiah — 5×

Isaiah 1:23 Isaiah 34:8 Isaiah 41:11 Isaiah 41:21 Isaiah 58:4

Jeremiah — 6×

Jeremiah 11:20 Jeremiah 15:10 Jeremiah 20:12 Jeremiah 25:31 Jeremiah 50:34 Jeremiah 51:36

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 3:36 Lam 3:58

Ezekiel — 1×

Ezekiel 44:24

Hosea — 2×

Hosea 4:1 Hosea 12:2

Micah — 3×

Micah 6:2 Micah 7:9+ 1 more in Micah

Habakkuk — 1×

Habakkuk 1:3

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