# H4808 מְרִיבָה

מְרִיבָה (mᵉrîybâh), Strong’s H4808: quarrel KJV: provocation, strife.. Occurs 7 times.

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*mᵉrîybâh* — quarrel

KJV: provocation, strife.

Derived from [רִיב rîyb](https://besorah.bible/word/H7378) (to toss, i.e. grapple)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְרִיבָה n.f. strife, contention

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 13:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/13?v=8) — Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for…
- [Numbers 27:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/27?v=14) — because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy…
- [Deuteronomy 32:51](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=51) — because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of…
- [Ezekiel 47:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/47?v=19) — “The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea…
- [Ezekiel 48:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/48?v=28) — “By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath…
- [Psalms 95:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/95?v=8) — Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
- [Psalms 106:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/106?v=32) — They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;