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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 strove with him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רִיבrîyb · reeb
H7378 · Hebrew
H7378 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
- Derivation
- or רוּב; a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יָּרִ֜יבוּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:21Genesis 26:22Genesis 31:36Exodus 17:2Exodus 17:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רִיב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.