- Original: רב ריב - Transliteration: Riyb - Phonetic: reeb - Definition: 1. strife, controversy, dispute a. strife, quarrel b. dispute, controversy, case at law - Origin: from H7378 - TWOT entry: 2159a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H7378 ; a contest (personal or legal): - + adversary cause chiding contend (-tion) controversy multitude [from the margin] pleading strife strive (-ing) suit. Total KJV Occurrences: 60 • adversary, 1 Job 31:35 • cause, 22 Exodus 23:2; Exodus 23:3; Exodus 23:6; 1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 25:39; Job 29:16; Psalm 35:23; Psalm 43:1; Psalm 74:22; Psalm 119:154; Proverbs 18:17; Proverbs 22:23; Proverbs 23:11; Proverbs 25:9; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 41:21; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 20:12; Jeremiah 50:34; Jeremiah 51:36; Lamentations 3:36; Micah 7:9 • causes, 1 Lamentations 3:58 • chiding, 1 Exodus 17:7 • contention, 2 Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 18:6 • controversies, 1 2 Chronicles 19:8 • controversy, 12 Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 19:17; Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 25:1; 2 Samuel 15:2; Isaiah 34:8; Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 44:24; Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:2; Micah 6:2(2) • pleadings, 1 Job 13:6 • soever, 1 2 Chronicles 19:10 • strife, 14 Genesis 13:7; Deuteronomy 1:12; Judges 12:2; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 55:9; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 17:1; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 26:17; Proverbs 26:21; Proverbs 30:33; Isaiah 58:4; Jeremiah 15:10; Habakkuk 1:3 • strive, 1 Isaiah 41:11 • strivings, 2 2 Samuel 22:44; Psalm 18:43 • suit, 1 2 Samuel 15:4