H4808 - מְרִיבָה (mᵉrîybâh)

H4808 מְרִיבָה (mᵉrîybâh) mer-ee-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

provocation

Strong's Definition

quarrel

Derivation: from H7378 (רִיב);

KJV Usage: provocation, strife.

TWOT Reference: 2159c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) strife, contention

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G496 G3059 G3894

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

strife, contention

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְרִיבָה merý̂ybâh BDB Definition: 1) strife, contention Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7378 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2159c Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (2)

13:8

27:14

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between... your herdsmen... and my herdsmen. After all,... we are kinsmen.

Numbers 27:14

for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters. Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.