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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4809 - מְרִיבָה

Transliteration

merı̂ybâh

Phonetics

mer-ee-baw'

Origin

the same as (H4808)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

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Strong

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (6)

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

NAS (8)

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

HCS (11)

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

Ezekiel

BSB (6)

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

ESV (6)

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

Ezekiel

WEB (6)

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

Verse Results

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מְרִיבָה f. (from the root רִיב).

(1) strife, contention, Genesis 13:8; Exodus 17:7; Numbers 27:14.

(2) [Meribah], pr.n.

(a) of a fountain flowing from a rock in the desert of Sin on the Heroopolitan gulf, -Exod. 17:17.

(b) מֵי מְרִיבָה (“water of strife”), another similar fountain in the desert of Zin, near Kadesh, Numbers 20:13, 24 Numbers 20:24; Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalms 81:8, 106:32 fully מֵי מְרִיבוֹת קָדֵשׁ Ezekiel 47:19.

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List of Word Forms

וּמְרִיבָ֑ה ומריבה מְרִיבַ֥ת מְרִיבָ֔ה מְרִיבָ֣ה מְרִיבָֽה׃ מריבה מריבה׃ מריבת mə·rî·ḇāh mə·rî·ḇaṯ mərîḇāh mərîḇaṯ meriVah meriVat ū·mə·rî·ḇāh ūmərîḇāh umeriVah

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