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Hosea 12:3

“He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רִיבrîyb · reeb
H7379 · Hebrew

Definition: a contest (personal or legal)
Derivation: or רִב; from H7378 (רִיב);
KJV renderings: [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
רִ֥יב — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncbsa
Usage: Occurs 61 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 13:7 Exodus 17:7 Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:3 Exodus 23:6

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.

Verse 2 Verse 4

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.