# רִיב (riv)

Israeli respelling: riv. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7378. 59 Old Testament occurrences.

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

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

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/riv-h7378

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 26:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/20) — And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they…
- [Genesis 26:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/21) — And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
- [Genesis 26:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/22) — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For…
- [Genesis 31:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/36) — And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hot…
- [Exodus 17:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/2) — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? where…
- [Exodus 21:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/21/18) — And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- [Numbers 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/20/3) — And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
- [Numbers 20:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/20/13) — This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
- [Deuteronomy 33:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/33/8) — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at…
- [Judges 6:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/31) — And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to dea…
- [Judges 6:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/32) — Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
- [Judges 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/1) — And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianit…
- [Judges 11:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/11/25) — And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight again…
- [Judges 21:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/22) — And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our…
- [1 Samuel 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/10) — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth…
- [1 Samuel 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/5) — And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
- [1 Samuel 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/15) — The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
- [1 Samuel 25:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/39) — And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal,…
- [Nehemiah 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/7) — Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I…
- [Nehemiah 13:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/11) — Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
- [Nehemiah 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/17) — Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
- [Nehemiah 13:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/25) — And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye s…
- [Job 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/3) — If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
- [Job 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/2) — I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- [Job 13:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/8) — Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
- [Job 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/19) — Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
- [Job 23:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/6) — Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
- [Job 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/13) — If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
- [Job 33:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/13) — Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- [Job 40:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/40/2) — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- [Psalms 35:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/1) — Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- [Psalms 43:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/43/1) — Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- [Psalms 74:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/22) — Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
- [Psalms 103:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/9) — He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
- [Psalms 119:154](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/154) — Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
- [Proverbs 3:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/30) — Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
- [Proverbs 22:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/23) — For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- [Proverbs 23:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/11) — For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- [Proverbs 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/8) — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- [Proverbs 25:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/9) — Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
- [Isaiah 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/17) — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- [Isaiah 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/13) — The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
- [Isaiah 27:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/8) — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
- [Isaiah 45:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/45/9) — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashione…
- [Isaiah 49:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/25) — But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will c…
- [Isaiah 50:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/50/8) — He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
- [Isaiah 51:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/22) — Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of tremblin…
- [Isaiah 57:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/16) — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
- [Jeremiah 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/9) — Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
- [Jeremiah 2:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/29) — Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
- [Jeremiah 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/12/1) — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prospe…
- [Jeremiah 50:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/34) — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disqu…
- [Jeremiah 51:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/36) — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs…
- [Lamentations 3:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/58) — O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
- [Hosea 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/2/2) — Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,…
- [Hosea 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/4) — Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
- [Amos 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/4) — Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up…
- [Micah 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/6/1) — Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- [Micah 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/9) — I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will b…