Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4809
מְרִיבָה
me.ri.vah · “Meribah”
Used 6 times across 4 books
Definition
§ Meribah = "strife" or "contention"
1) a fountain at Rephidim, in the desert of Sin; so called because the Israelites murmured against God
2) the name of the water supply at Kadesh on the southern border of the promised land; the people also murmured here against God
Where it appears
Exodus1
Numbers3
Deuteronomy1
Psalms1
In the text
Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.Numbers 20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.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 33:8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;Psalms 81:8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
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