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Strong's #4809 - מְרִיבָה

Transliteration
Mᵉrîybâh
Phonetics
mer-ee-baw'
Origin
the same as (H4808)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. 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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (6)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Psalms 1
BSB (11)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 2
Psalms 3
Ezekiel 2
CSB (8)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 2
Psalms 3
Ezekiel 2
ESV (7)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Psalms 2
Ezekiel 2
KJV (9)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Psalms 2
Ezekiel 2
LEB (6)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Psalms 1
LSB (8)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Psalms 3
N95 (5)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
NAS (8)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 2
Psalms 3
Ezekiel 2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (6)
Exodus 1
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Psalms 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. מְרִיבָה proper name, of a location ( place of strife); —

1 at Rephidim, ׳מַסָּה וּמ Exodus 17:7 (J), Λοιδόρησις.

2 at Kadesh, especially inמֵי מְרִיבָה water of M. (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας) Deuteronomy 33:8; Numbers 20:13 (P) Psalm 81:8; Psalm 106:32, also (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ τῆς λοιδορίαςᵐ5 L as above) Numbers 20:24 (P); ׳מ construct in מֵי מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας [ἑν] Καδης) Numbers 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51 (both P), and (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ βαριμωθ Καδης Ezekiel 48:28; so מֵי מְרִיבוֺת׳ק Ezekiel 47:19 (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ Μαριμωθ Καδης); Deuteronomy 33:2 see קֹדֶשׁ near the end; מְרִיבָה along, only Psalm 95:8 (παραπικρασμός; "" יוֺם מַסָּה).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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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