רִיב
rîyb · reeb
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Lexicon
Derivation: or רוּב; a primitive root;
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
- properly, to toss, i.e. grapple
- mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy
- (by implication) to defend
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the hand that works › the house, what is within
The head, the highest of the hand that works of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִיב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
67 occurrences · 67 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- plead8 · 22%
- strive4 · 11%
- contend2 · 5%
- and plead2 · 5%
- strove1 · 3%
- and for that they strove1 · 3%
- and strove1 · 3%
- the adversaries1 · 3%
- unto them, why chide1 · 3%
- chode1 · 3%
- then contended1 · 3%
- and with whom thou didst strive1 · 3%
- against him, will ye plead1 · 3%
- him? he that will plead1 · 3%
- did he ever1 · 3%
- and they did chide1 · 3%
- let him plead1 · 3%
- unto us to complain1 · 3%
- did chide1 · 3%
- and laid wait1 · 3%
- that hath pleaded1 · 3%
- and i rebuked1 · 3%
- and chode1 · 3%
- then i contended1 · 3%
- did strive1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.