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H7378רִיבriv

to contendPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 2
  5. 2
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 8
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 3
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 4
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 5
  20. 5
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 9
  24. 7
  25. 1
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 4
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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67 occurrences in 59 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Job 13:19

    Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

    יָרִ֣יב ya.Riv “will he conduct a case”

  2. Job 23:6

    Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

    יָרִ֣יב ya.Riv “will he conduct a case”

  3. Job 33:13

    Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

    רִיב֑וֹתָ ri.Vo.ta “have you contended”

  4. Job 40:2

    "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

    הֲ֭רֹב (רֹב) ro “will he contend”

  5. Psalms 35:1

    Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

    רִיבָ֣ה (רִיבָ֣) ri.Va “contend”

  6. Psalms 43:1

    Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

    וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה (רִ֘יבָ֤) Ri.Va “conduct”

  7. Psalms 74:22

    Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

    רִיבָ֣ה (רִיבָ֣) ri.Va “conduct”

  8. Psalms 103:9

    He will not always accuse; Neither will he stay angry forever.

    יָרִ֑יב ya.Riv “he will conduct a case”

  9. Psalms 119:154

    Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

    רִיבָ֣ה (רִיבָ֣) ri.Va “conduct”

  10. Proverbs 3:30

    Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.

    תָּרִ֣יב ta.riv “you contend”

  11. Proverbs 22:23

    For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.

    יָרִ֣יב ya.Riv “he will conduct”

  12. Proverbs 23:11

    For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

    יָרִ֖יב ya.Riv “he will conduct”

  13. Proverbs 25:8

    Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

    לָרִ֗ב (רִ֗ב) Riv “contest a lawsuit”

  14. Proverbs 25:9

    Debate your case with your neighbor, And don't betray the confidence of another;

    רִ֣יב riv “conduct”

  15. Isaiah 1:17

    Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."

    רִ֖יבוּ Ri.vu “conduct a case for”

  16. Isaiah 3:13

    Yahweh stands up to contend, And stands to judge the peoples.

    לָרִ֖יב (רִ֖יב) Riv “conduct a case”

  17. Isaiah 19:20

    It shall be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.

    וָרָ֖ב (רָ֖ב) Rav “[one who] contends”

  18. Isaiah 27:8

    In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [supplied: them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

    תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּה (תְּרִיבֶ֑) te.ri.Ve. “you will conduct a case with”

  19. Isaiah 45:9

    Woe to him who strives with his Maker--a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, "What are you making?" or your work, "He has no hands?"

    רָ֚ב rav “[one who] contends”

  20. Isaiah 49:25

    But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

    אָרִ֔יב 'a.Riv “I will oppose”

  21. Isaiah 50:8

    He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

    יָרִ֥יב ya.Riv “will he contend”

  22. Isaiah 51:22

    Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

    יָרִ֣יב ya.Riv “[who] he conducts a case for”

  23. Isaiah 57:16

    For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.

    אָרִ֔יב 'a.Riv “I will conduct a case”

  24. Jeremiah 2:9

    Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your children's children will I contend.

    אָרִ֥יב 'a.Riv “I will contend”אָרִֽיב׃ 'a.Riv “I will contend”

  25. Jeremiah 2:29

    Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.

    תָרִ֖יבוּ ta.Ri.vu “do you contend”