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H7379
Hebrew
Original Word
רִיבTransliteration
rîyb
Pronunciation
reeb
Definition
or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
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Vine's Expository Dictionary
Plead (To)
"to plead, strive, conduct a legal case, make a charge." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew, this term occurs as a verb some 70 times. It appear…
Strife
"to strive, contend." This verb occurs 65 times and in all periods of biblical Hebrew.In Exod 21:18 rîb is used in connection with a physical struggle…