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Proverbs 25:9
“Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רִיבrîyb · reeb
H7379 · Hebrew
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
- רִֽ֭יבְ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 61 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 13:7Exodus 17:7Exodus 23:2Exodus 23:3Exodus 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.
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.