Strong H4809H4809Gמְרִיבָה
Meribah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4809
- Transliteration
- merîybâh
- Pronunciation
- mer-ee-baw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meribah, a place where the Israelites quarreled with Moses and tested the Lord, and where water came from the rock (Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 95:8).
Meaning of the name
Meribah = "strife" or "contention"
General definition
The same as H4808; {Meribah} the name of two places in the Desert: - Meribah.
In the biblical story
Meribah
A place where the Israelites quarreled with Moses
Meribah, a place where the Israelites quarreled with Moses and tested the Lord, and where water came from the rock (Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 95:8).
In the Bible
Strong H4809G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- meribah2
First verses
- 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?
- 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;