§ 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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TBESH · H4809H
מְרִיבָה
· me.ri.vah · Meribah
§ 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’s Hebrew dictionary
the same as H4808 (מְרִיבָה); Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert
KJV glosses: Meribah.
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BSB rendering counts
Rendering
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of meribah
6
of meribath-kadesh
2
and meribah
1
as you did at meribah
1
of meribah-kadesh
1
KJV rendering counts
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of meribah
5
of strife
3
and meribah
1
Verses containing H4809
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“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
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