4808. meribah

Lexicon

meribah: Quarreling, Strife, Contention

Original Word: מְרִיבָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mriybah
Pronunciation: meh-ree-BAH
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ee-baw')
KJV: provocation, strife
NASB: strife
Word Origin: [from H7378 (רִיבּ רוּב - contend)]

1. quarrel

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

provocation, strife

From riyb; quarrel -- provocation, strife.

see HEBREW riyb

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from rib
Definition
strife, contention
NASB Translation
strife (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. מְרִיבָה noun feminine strife, contention; — absolute ׳מ, of quarrel between herdsmen Genesis 13:8 (J); construct מְרִיבַת הָעֵדָה, of people's strife with Moses at Kadesh Numbers 27:14 (P), compare II. ׳מ 2

Forms and Transliterations

בִּמְרִיבַת֙ במריבת כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כמריבה מְרִיב֣וֹת מְרִיבַ֣ת מְרִיבַ֥ת מְרִיבָ֑ה מְרִיבָה֙ מריבה מריבות מריבת bim·rî·ḇaṯ bimrîḇaṯ bimriVat kim·rî·ḇāh kimrîḇāh kimriVah mə·rî·ḇāh mə·rî·ḇaṯ mə·rî·ḇō·wṯ mərîḇāh mərîḇaṯ mərîḇōwṯ meriVah meriVat meriVot

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 13:8
HEB: נָ֨א תְהִ֤י מְרִיבָה֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֔יךָ
NAS: let there be no strife between
KJV: no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen
INT: Please Let there be strife between between

Numbers 27:14
HEB: בְּמִדְבַּר־ צִ֗ן בִּמְרִיבַת֙ הָֽעֵדָ֔ה לְהַקְדִּישֵׁ֥נִי
NAS: of Zin, during the strife of the congregation,
KJV: of Zin, in the strife of the congregation,
INT: the wilderness of Zin the strife of the congregation to treat

Deuteronomy 32:51
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּמֵֽי־ מְרִיבַ֥ת קָדֵ֖שׁ מִדְבַּר־
INT: of Israel the waters provocation Kadesh the wilderness

Psalm 95:8
HEB: תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה
KJV: not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day
INT: harden your hearts the provocation the day of temptation

Psalm 106:32
HEB: עַל־ מֵ֥י מְרִיבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥רַע לְ֝מֹשֶׁ֗ה
KJV: [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill
INT: at the waters provocation ill Moses

Ezekiel 47:19
HEB: עַד־ מֵי֙ מְרִיב֣וֹת קָדֵ֔שׁ נַחֲלָ֖ה
KJV: [even] to the waters of strife [in] Kadesh,
INT: far as the waters provocation Kadesh to the brook

Ezekiel 48:28
HEB: מִתָּמָ֗ר מֵ֚י מְרִיבַ֣ת קָדֵ֔שׁ נַחֲלָ֖ה
KJV: [unto] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh,
INT: Tamar to the waters provocation Kadesh to the brook

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4808
7 Occurrences

bim·rî·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.
kim·rî·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
mə·rî·ḇāh — 2 Occ.
mə·rî·ḇaṯ — 2 Occ.
mə·rî·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.