Strong's Concordance H7378

Original Word: רִיב
Transliteration: rîyb
Phonetic Spelling: reeb
or רוּב; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend; adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.

Usages throughout the bible

Jeremiah 50:34 - Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly H7378 plead H7378 their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead H7378 thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Lamentations 3:58 - O Lord, thou hast pleaded H7378 the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Hosea 2:2 - Plead H7378 with your mother, plead: H7378 for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Hosea 4:4 - Yet let no man strive, H7378 nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive H7378 with the priest.

Amos 7:4 - Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend H7378 by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Micah 6:1 - Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend H7378 thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead H7378 my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.