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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7379",
  "lemma": "רִיב",
  "transliteration": "rîyb",
  "definition": "a contest (personal or legal)",
  "kjv": "[phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the…",
  "occurrences": 61,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7378",
      "lemma": "רִיב",
      "transliteration": "rîyb",
      "meaning": "to toss, i.e. grapple",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "רִיב 62 n.m. strife, dispute"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 13:7",
      "text": "There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/13?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 17:7",
      "text": "He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/17?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:2",
      "text": "“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:3",
      "text": "You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:6",
      "text": "“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 1:12",
      "text": "How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/1?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 17:8",
      "text": "If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/17?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 19:17",
      "text": "then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/19?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 21:5",
      "text": "The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/21?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 25:1",
      "text": "If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=1"
    }
  ],
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