Opponent
יָרִיבStrong’s H3401yariv (ya-riv)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yariv is the Hebrew word usually translated “opponents my” and “opponent your”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.”
Meaning
- Contender, opponent, adversary
How it's translated
- opponents my 2
- opponent your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 49:25But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
- Jeremiah 18:19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Hebrew dictionary
יָרִיב yariv · opponent
contender, opponent, adversary
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “opponent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OPPO'NENT, adjective
[Latin opponens, oppono; ob and pono, to set, put or lay, that is, to thrust against; Heb. to build, that is, to set, to found, Latin fundo.]
That opposes; opposite; adverse.
All definitions and other forms of “opponent”
OPPO'NENT, noun
One that opposes; particularly, one that opposes in controversy, disputation or argument. It is sometimes applied to the person that begins a dispute by raising objections to a tenet or doctrine, and is correlative to defendant or respondent. In common usage, however, it is applicable to either party in a controversy, denoting any person who opposes another or his cause. opponent may sometimes be used for adversary, and for antagonist, but not with strict propriety, as the word does not necessarily imply enmity nor bodily strife. Nor is it well used in the sense of rival or competitor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.