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Hebrew-Aramaic
H7378

Original: רוּב ריב o
Transliteration: riyb rub (rı̂yb rûb)
Phonetic: reeb
BDB Definition:
  1. 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
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:(c)
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.(k)
The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.(d) (e)
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 thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
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 contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.(l)
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.(a)
Thus saith thy Lord the Lord , and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
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.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord , and with your children’s children will I plead.
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord .
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 they happy that deal very treacherously?(a)
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 of Babylon.
Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.(f)
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.(a)
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 light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

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.


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