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Meribah

מְרִיבָהStrong’s H4809

merivah (me-ri-vah)

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Merivah is the Hebrew word usually translated “meribah”, “meribath” and “like meribah”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“And 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?”
Exodus 17:7 KJV
Meaning
  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
How it's translated
  • meribah 6
  • meribath 3
  • and meribah 1
  • like meribah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 3
  • Psalms 3
  • Deuteronomy 2
  • Ezekiel 2
  • Exodus 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מְרִיבָה merivah · 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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.