Lexical Definition

‎רִיב‎ rîyb (reeb) to contend ^H:V
or רוּב rûwb (roob); a primitive root

adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.

• properly, to toss, i.e. grapple
• mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy
• (by implication) to defend

1) to strive, contend
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to strive
1a1a) physically
1a1b) with words
1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue
1a3) to make complaint
1a4) to quarrel
1b) (Hiphil) to contend against

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Also see: אָרַב

‎רִיב‎ [Nö](/btb/not_created.html)^{ZMG xxxvii (1883). 530, 534} Ges^{«GKC:73b»§ 73b}] verb strive, contend (compare Arabic () agitate (the mind), disquiet; compare also Syriac cry, shout, Aph`el also quarrel noisily, shouting, clamour (see Nö^l.c.); on Sabean proper name ‎ריב‎ = Arabic see DHM^{ib. 14}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎רָב‎ Judg 11:25; 1Sam 25:29 2 masculine singular ‎רַבְתָּ‎ Lam 3:58, ‎רִיבוֺתָ‎ Job 33:13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָרִיב‎ Judg 6:31 +, jussive ‎יָרֵב‎ Hos 4:4; 1Sam 24:16*, ‎יָ֫רֶב‎ ‎לוֺ(בּוֺׅ‎ Judg 6:31; Judg 6:32 ‎וַיָּ֫רֶב‎ Gen 31:36 +; 2 masculine singular ‎תרוב‎ Prov 3:30 Kt, ‎תָּרִיב‎ Qr; 3 masculine plural ‎יְרִיבֻן‎ Exod 21:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎רִיב‎ Mic 6:1; Prov 25:9, ‎רִיבָה‎ Ps 35:1 +, masculine plural ‎רִיבוּ‎ Isa 1:17; Hos 2:4* Infinitive absolute ‎רוֺב‎ Judg 11:25, ‎רֹב‎ Job 40:2 ‎רִיב‎ Jer 50:34 (Ges^{«GKC:73d»§ 73d} Kö^{i. 509} Ba^{NB 80}); construct ‎רִיב‎ Isa 3:13; Job 9:3 + Judg 21:22 Qr (Kt ‎רוב‎), ‎רִב‎ Amos 7:4; Prov 25:8 Participle ‎רָב‎ Isa 19:20 +; — strive:

1. involving bodily struggle Exod 21:18 (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, ‎יָרָיוּ רָב לוֺ‎ Deut 33:7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with ‎עִם‎ of Israel, ‎הֲרוֺב רָב‎ Judg 11:25 (|| ‎נִלְחַם‎).

2. with words, with ‎ב‎ person Gen 31:36 (E), Exod 17:2 a (J) Judg 6:32, so (in figurative) Hos 2:4* compare v.Hos 2:4* often = quarrel, with ‎עִם‎ person, Gen 26:20; Exod 17:2b Num 20:3 (all J), Neh 13:25 subject God Job 9:3; Job 13:19; Job 23:6 also Job 40:2 (‎עִם‎ of God; on infinitive absolute see Ges^{«GKC:113ee»§ 113ee}), in general Prov 3:30 with ‎אֵת‎ person Judg 8:1; Neh 5:7; Neh 13:11; Neh 13:17, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 49:25 (compare I. ‎יָרִיב‎ below), Ps 35:1 (|| ‎לָחַם‎); ‎אֵת‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 45:9 (participle one striving), Num 20:13 (P); with ‎עַל‎ of thing Gen 26:21; Gen 26:22 absolute = find fault Hos 4:4 (|| ‎הוֺכִיחַ‎). Especially

3. conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject; Isa 3:13 (|| ‎דִּין‎), Isa 57:16 (|| ‎קָצַף‎), Ps 103:9 (‎נָטַר‎[‎אַף‎]), compare ‎קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ‎ Amos 7:4 with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), Job 10:2; Isa 27:8 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎רִיב‎ in good sense, = take one's part, 1Sam 24:15* (Gi; v.1Sam 24:16* van d. H. Baer; || ‎שָׁפַט‎), Mic 7:9; Jer 50:34 (‎רִיב יָרִיב אֶתרִֿיבָם‎, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), Jer 51:36 (|| ‎נקם‎), Lam 3:58; Prov 22:23; Ps 43:1 (+ ‎מִגּוֺי‎; || ‎שָׁפַט‎), Ps 119:154 (+ ‎גָּאַל‎), also Ps 74:22 (God, his own cause); + ‎מִיַּד‎ person against whom 1Sam 25:39 (of vengeance); + ‎אֵת‎ person against whom Prov 23:11, so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Isa 50:8; Jer 2:9 (twice in verse); compare ‎אֶתֿ‎ ‎הֶהָרִים‎ Mic 6:1 (II. ‎אֵת‎ 1 c; ᵐ5 πρός, whence We Now ‎אֶלֿ‎ in the presence of, but on ‎רִיב אֶל‎ see

4.); ‎׳‎‎ר‎ = plead, with ‎ל‎ person for whom Judg 6:31 (3 t. in verse); Job 13:8, with accusative of person for whom Isa 1:17, of God Isa 51:22, compare Deut 33:8 (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes Prov 25:8, ‎אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎רִיבְךָ ר‎ vProv 25:9.

4. = make complaint, with ‎אֶל‎ person unto and against whom Judg 21:22; Jer 2:29; Jer 12:1; Job 33:13. Hiph`il Participle suffix ‎מריבו‎ 1Sam 2:10 Kt (Qr ‎מְרִיבָיו‎), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (‎׳‎‎י‎), compare plural construct ‎ְ ועַמְּךָ כִמְרִיבֵי כֹהֵן‎ Hos 4:4, obscure; RS<sup>Proph. 406</sup> ‎מָרוּ בִי‎ thy people have rebelled against me, O priest ! Beck Wü We GASm ‎וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו הַכֹּהֵן‎ (‎׳‎‎הַכּ‎ as voc., and [by some] joined to vHos 4:5); Hermann<sup>SK, 1879, 516 {abbrev</sup>}‎וְעִמְּךָ מְרִיבִי הַכּ‎, compare Oort (‎רִיבִי‎); Ruben<sup>Crit, Rem. on the passage</sup> ‎׳‎‎ְ ועַמִּי כָמוֺךָ הַכּ‎, so Now. — ‎וַיָּרֶכ‎ 1Sam 15:5 see ‎ארב‎ Hiph`il

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