Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7378

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Original: רוּב ריב o

Transliteration: riyb rub (rı̂yb rûb)

Phonetic: reeb

BDB Definition:

to strive, contend
1. (Qal)
  1. to strive
    1. physically
    2. with words
  2. to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue
  3. to make complaint
  4. to quarrel
2. (Hiphil) to contend against

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2159

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: rı̂yb rûb
reeb, roob

A primitive root; properly to toss, that is, grapple ; mostly figuratively to wrangle, that is, hold a controversy ; (by implication) to defend: - adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (66x)

Against Him, Until He Plead (1x)

Against Him, Will Ye Plead (1x)

And Chode (1x)

And For That They Strove (1x)

And I Contended (1x)

And I Rebuked (1x)

And Plead (2x)

And Strove (1x)

And They Did Chide (1x)

As They That Strive (1x)

Behold, I Will Plead (1x)

Chide (1x)

Chode (1x)

Contend (2x)

Debate (1x)

Did Chide (1x)

Did He Ever (1x)

Did Strive (1x)

For I Will Contend (1x)

For I Will Not Contend (1x)

He Shall Plead (1x)

He Shall Throughly (1x)

Him? He That Will Plead (1x)

Jareb (1x)

Let Him Plead (1x)

Me Wherefore Thou Contendest (1x)

Me; Who Will Contend (1x)

Plead (8x)

Pleadeth (1x)

Shall He That Contendeth (1x)

Strive (4x)

Strove (1x)

That Hath Pleaded (1x)

The Adversaries (1x)

Then Contended (1x)

Then I Contended (1x)

Thou Hast Pleaded (1x)

Thou Wilt Debate (1x)

To Contend (1x)

To Plead (1x)

To Strive (1x)

Unto Him That Striveth (1x)

Unto Them, Why Chide (1x)

Unto Us To Complain (1x)

When I Plead (1x)

Wherefore I Will Yet Plead (1x)

Wherefore Will Ye Plead (1x)

Whom Thou Didst Strive (1x)

Why Dost Thou Strive (1x)

Will He Plead (1x)

Will I Plead (1x)

Will Plead (2x)

Will Ye Contend (1x)

All Occurrences

Genesis 26:20

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.(e)

Genesis 26:21

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.(f)

Genesis 26:22

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.(g)

Genesis 31:36

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

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 Lord ?

Exodus 21:18

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:(e)

Numbers 20:3

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord !

Numbers 20:13

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord , and he was sanctified in them.(a)

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 Meribah;

Judges 6:31

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Judges 6:32

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.(m)

(n)

Judges 8:1

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.(a)

(b)

Judges 11:25

And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

Judges 21:22

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.(h)

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 strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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.

Nehemiah 5:7

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.(a)

Nehemiah 13:11

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.(g)

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.(s)

Job 9:3

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Job 10:2

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Job 13:8

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Job 23:6

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 33:13

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.(e)

Job 40:2

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Psalm 35:1

Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

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 74:22

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

Psalm 103:9

He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Psalm 119:154

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

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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 H7378

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7378