Lexical Definition

‎יָרִיב‎ yârîyb (yaw-rebe') opponent ^H:N-M
from ‎רִיב‎

that content(-eth), that strive.

• literally he will contend
• properly, adjective, contentious
• used as noun, an adversary

1) contender, opponent, adversary

See Greek: ἀδικέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎יָרִיב‎] noun [masculine] opponent, adversary (Ges^{«GKC:85d»§ 85d}); — suffix (of Zion), ‎יְדִיבֵךְ‎ Isa 49:26 (ᵐ5 ‎רִיבֵךְ‎ so Du); compare plural suffix ‎יְרִיבַ֑י‎ Ps 35:1 (|| ‎לֹחֲמָ֑י‎); of personal opponent, ‎יְרִיבָ֑י‎ Jer 18:19 (ᵐ5 ‎דִיבִי‎, so Gie).

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