Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4808
מְרִיבָה
me.ri.vah · “provocation”
Used 7 times across 5 books
Definition
strife, contention
Where it appears
Genesis1
Numbers1
Deuteronomy1
Psalms2
Ezekiel2
In the text
Genesis 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.Numbers 27:14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.Deuteronomy 32:51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah–Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:Psalms 106:32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:Ezekiel 47:19And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.Ezekiel 48:28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
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