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Strong H48092 sensesמְרִיבָה

Meribah

Transliteration
merîybâh
Pronunciation
mer-ee-baw'

Meaning of the name

Meribah = "strife" or "contention"

The 2 senses of Strong H4809

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H4809 appears in 9 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A place where Moses disobeyed GodH4809H7 verses · Numbers, Psalms, Ezekiel
  2. A place where the Israelites quarreled with MosesH4809G2 verses · Exodus, Deuteronomy

General definition

The same as H4808; {Meribah} the name of two places in the Desert: - Meribah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • meribah6
  • strife3

First verses

  1. Exodus 17:7
    And 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?
  2. Numbers 20:13
    This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
  3. Numbers 20:24
    Aaron 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.
  4. Numbers 27:14
    For 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.
  5. Deuteronomy 33:8
    And 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;
  6. Psalms 81:7
    Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
  7. Psalms 106:32
    They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
  8. Ezekiel 47:19
    And 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.
  9. Ezekiel 48:28
    And 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.