רִיב
rîyb(reeb)
“a contest (personal or legal)”
59 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a contest (personal or legal)
Translated in KJV as
[phrase] adversarycausechidingcontend(-tion)controversymultitude (from the margin)pleadingstrifestrive(-ing)suit.
Etymology
or רִב; from H7378 (רִיב);
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“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou ari…”