Hebrew word study
רִיב H7379
- Transliteration
- rîyb
- Pronunciation
- reeb
- KJV glosses
- [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Lexical summary
a contest (personal or legal)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
a contest (personal or legal)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information