רִיב — rîyb

Meaning

Hebrew

רִיב

Definition

a contest (personal or legal)

Derivation

or רִב; from H7378 (רִיב);

King James Version renders it as

[phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

Derived from

• רִיב rîybH7378 · to toss · 70×

Where it appears

The first verses that use rîyb (61 times in all).

• Genesis 13:7
• Exodus 17:7
• Exodus 23:2
• Exodus 23:3
• Exodus 23:6
• Deuteronomy 1:12
• Deuteronomy 17:8
• Deuteronomy 19:17
• Deuteronomy 21:5
• Deuteronomy 25:1
• Judges 12:2
• I Samuel 24:16