Words

רִיב H7378

Home gloss

quarrel (v.)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

strive

Note

One root with רִיב "quarrel" (n.) and מְרִיבָה "quarreling" (13:7–8)

Rulings

95, 118

Declared to share English with

• H7379 H4808 — one root: quarrel (v.) / quarrel (n.) / quarreling (126d)

Occurrences (3)

Genesis 26

• 26:20 And the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, "The waters are ours." And he called the name of the well Esek, for they had contended with him.
• 26:21 And they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too; and he called its name Sitnah.
• 26:22 And he moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; and he called its name Rehoboth, and said, "For now has made broad for us, and we shall bear fruit in the land."