Lexical Summary rib: strife, dispute Original Word: רִיבTransliteration: rib Phonetic Spelling: (reeb) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: strife, dispute Meaning: strife, dispute Strong's Concordance adversary, cause, chiding, contention, controversy, multitude, pleading, strife, Or rib {reeb}; from riyb; a contest (personal or legal) -- + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit. see HEBREW riyb Brown-Driver-Briggs H7379. rib רִיב62 noun masculineIsaiah 1:23 strife, dispute; — absolute ׳ר Genesis 13:7 +, רִב Exodus 23:2 +; construct רִיב 17:7 +; suffix רִיבִי 1 Samuel 24:16 +, בְּרִבָם Job 31:13 (or infinitive?), etc.; plural רִיבֹת Deuteronomy 17:8; construct רִיבֵי 2 Samuel 22:44 2t., רִבוֺת Job 13:6; — strife, quarrel: 1 in words, Exodus 17:7 (J), Deuteronomy 1:12, about pasturage Genesis 13:7 (J; = מְרִיבָה 13:8), in General Proverbs 15:18; 17:14; 20:3; 26:17, 21; 30:33, + מָדוֺן Habakkuk 1:3, so ׳זִבְחֵירֿ Proverbs 17:1; figurative ׳ר עֲצָמָיו Job 33:19 Kt (Qr רוב, i.e. רֹב q. v. ); ׳ר לְשֹׁנוֺת Psalm 31:21, compare Isaiah 58:4; Proverbs 18:6; ר ׳אִישׁ Jeremiah 15:10 (+ ׳א מָדוֺן). 2. of public hostilities 2 Samuel 22:44 = Psalm 18:44, compare רִיב אִישׁ Judges 12:2, רִיבֶ֑ךָ אַנְשֵׁי Isaiah 41:11; "" חָמָס Psalm 55:10. 339 especially dispute, controversy, case at law: Exodus 23:2-3, 6 (E), Deuteronomy 21:5 (+נֶגַע), 25:1; 2 Samuel 15:2, 4 ("" מִשְׁפָט), + 10 t., + (of ׳י) Hosea 4:1; 12:3; Micah 6:2 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 44:24; Lamentations 3:36; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb, case, cause Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 50:34 8t. (see √ 3), + חֶרְמָּתִי רִיב 1 Samuel 25:39, נַפְשִׁי רִיבֵי Lamentations 3:58; רִיבֹת דִּבְרֵי Deuteronomy 17:8 matters of controversy; ׳ר 19:17 dispute as to guilt; דִיבִי אִישׁ Job 31:35 = accuser. 4 plea: Proverbs 18:17, שְׂפָתַי רִבוֺת Job 13:6 pleadings of my lips. |
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