רִיב

Derivation

or רוּב; a primitive root;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

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

Translated as

plead (23), strive (9), contend (7), chide (4), strove (3), contended (3), chode (2), pleaded (2), debate (2), ever (1), complain (1), adversaries (1), wait (1), rebuked (1), contendeth (1), striveth (1), pleadeth (1), throughly (1)

Where it appears

Found in 58 verses

Genesis

26:20, 26:21, 26:22, 31:36

Exodus

17:2, 21:18

Numbers

20:3, 20:13

Deuteronomy

33:8

Judges

6:31, 6:32, 8:1, 11:25, 21:22

1 Samuel

2:10, 15:5, 24:15, 25:39

Nehemiah

5:7, 13:11, 13:17, 13:25

Job

9:3, 13:8, 13:19, 23:6, 33:13, 40:2

Psalms

35:1, 43:1, 74:22, 103:9, 119:154

Proverbs

3:30, 22:23, 23:11, 25:8, 25:9

Isaiah

1:17, 3:13, 27:8, 45:9, 49:25, 50:8, 51:22, 57:16

Jeremiah

2:9, 2:29, 12:1, 50:34, 51:36

Lamentations

3:58

Hosea

2:2, 4:4, 5:13

Amos

7:4

Micah

6:1, 7:9