Quick Definition
strife
Strong's Definition
a contest (personal or legal)
Derivation: or רִב; from H7378 (רִיב);
KJV Usage: [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
TWOT Reference: 2159a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רִיב (riv) — strife. 1) strife, controversy, dispute 1a) strife, quarrel 1b) dispute, controversy, case at law
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · ריב
Conflict
dispute, quarrel, strife, argument, (law)suit, case, indictment = state of opposition or hostility between two or more persons, perhaps even involving a deity
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Enemies
Collocation: אִישׁ רִיב
enemy, adversary, accuser literally: person of contention; therefore = someone who is in contention with or opposes a person or deity, usually involving a legal or ethical dispute
1 HOS 4:4 RSV NRSV RSV "my contention" GNT "my complaint" CEV "my case" see Andersen and Freeman (ABC) = רִיבִי | MT מְרִיבֵי "contentions" NIV "charges" NJPS "grievance"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רִיב 62 n.m. strife, dispute base