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me.ri.vah H4809

מְרִיבָה (me.ri.vah) means “Meribah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מְרִיבָה Hebrew · H4809 11 tagged occurrences in 11 verses

Pronunciation guide: mer-ee-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4809G

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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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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How translators render H4809

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of meribah 6
of meribath-kadesh 2
and meribah 1
as you did at meribah 1
of meribah-kadesh 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of meribah 5
of strife 3
and meribah 1

Verses containing H4809

Page 1 of 1. 11 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

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  2. Numbers 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

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  3. Numbers 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.

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  4. Numbers 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Deuteronomy 32:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  6. Deuteronomy 33:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

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  7. Psalms 81:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 81.8

  8. Psalms 95:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

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  9. Psalms 106:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

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  10. Ezekiel 47:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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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  11. Ezekiel 48:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

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Sources and text

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