H7378 · רִיב
rîyb · reeb · plead, strive, contend
H7378 (rîyb, pronounced reeb) is the Hebrew word רִיב in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to toss, i.e. grapple. It appears 66 times in 58 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- רִיב (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- rîyb
- Pronunciation
- reeb
- Derivation
- or רוּב; a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
- Rendered in the KJV
- adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
66 occurrences in 58 verses (64 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “contend” ×3
- “quarreled” ×3
- “and plead” ×2
- “to contend” ×2
- “will take up” ×2
- “And they contended” ×1
- “Contend” ×1
- “Defend” ×1
By book
Genesis 4 · Exodus 2 · Numbers 2 · Deuteronomy 2 · Judges 5 · 1 Samuel 3 · Nehemiah 4 · Job 7 · Psalms 5 · Proverbs 5 · Isaiah 8 · Jeremiah 5 · Lamentations 1 · Hosea 2 · Amos 1 · Micah 2
First 30 of 58 verses
- Genesis 26:20
- Genesis 26:21
- Genesis 26:22
- Genesis 31:36
- Exodus 17:2
- Exodus 21:18
- Numbers 20:3
- Numbers 20:13
- Deuteronomy 33:7
- Deuteronomy 33:8
- Judges 6:31
- Judges 6:32
- Judges 8:1
- Judges 11:25
- Judges 21:22
- 1 Samuel 2:10
- 1 Samuel 24:15
- 1 Samuel 25:39
- Nehemiah 5:7
- Nehemiah 13:11
- Nehemiah 13:17
- Nehemiah 13:25
- Job 9:3
- Job 10:2
- Job 13:8
- Job 13:19
- Job 23:6
- Job 33:13
- Job 40:2
- Psalms 35:1
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7378.