Strong H4809H4809Hמְרִיבָה
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-kadesh, a place where Moses disobeyed God by striking the rock to bring forth water (Numbers 20:13, 24; 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51; Psalm 81:7; 106:32; Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28).
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 Moses disobeyed God
Meribah-kadesh, a place where Moses disobeyed God by striking the rock to bring forth water (Numbers 20:13, 24; 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51; Psalm 81:7; 106:32; Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28).
In the Bible
Strong H4809H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- meribah4
- strife3
First verses
- Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
- Numbers 20:24Aaron 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.
- Numbers 27:14For 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.
- Psalms 81:7Thou 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.
- Psalms 106:32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
- Ezekiel 47:19And 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.
- Ezekiel 48:28And 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.