{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7378",
  "lemma": "רִיב",
  "transliteration": "rîyb",
  "definition": "properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend",
  "kjv": "adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead…",
  "occurrences": 67,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "רִיב vb. strive, contend",
    "Qal strive",
    "Hiph. (those) displaying contention against him"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:20",
      "text": "The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:21",
      "text": "They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:22",
      "text": "He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:36",
      "text": "Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 17:2",
      "text": "Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/17?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 21:18",
      "text": "“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:3",
      "text": "The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:13",
      "text": "These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 33:8",
      "text": "About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/33?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 6:31",
      "text": "Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=31"
    }
  ],
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