Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Contendeth
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Isaiah 49:25
But 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.
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יָרִיב
yârîyb · yaw-rebe'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
literally he will contend; properly, adjective contentious; used as noun, an adversary
Strong's KJV usage: that content(-eth), that strive.
Strong's first: Isaiah 49:25Strong's last: Isaiah 49:25
Open full H3401 profile →רִיב
rîyb · reeb
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.
Strong's first: Job 40:2Strong's last: Job 40:2
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shâphaṭ · shaw-fat'
1 times translated as this KJV form203 total Strong's occurrences
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.
Strong's first: Proverbs 29:9Strong's last: Proverbs 29:9
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H7378
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
H8199
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
H3401
But 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.
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contend
CONTEND, verb intransitive [Latin , to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.]
1. To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition.
Distress not the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle. Deuteronomy 2:9.
2. To strive; to use earnest efforts to obtain, or to defend and preserve.
You sit above, and see vain men below contend for what you only can bestow.
Ye should earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. Jude 1:3.
3. To dispute earnestly; to strive in debate.
They that were of the circumcision contended with him. Acts 11:2. Job 9:3.
4. To reprove sharply; to chide; to strive to convince and reclaim.
Then contended I with the rulers. Nehemiah 13:11.
5.To strive in opposition; to punish.
The Lord God called to contend by fire. Amos 7:4.
6. To quarrel; to dispute fiercely; to wrangle. The parties contend about trifles.
To contend for, to strive to obtain; as, two competitors contend for the prize.
CONTEND, verb transitive To dispute; to contest.
When Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.
This transitive use of contend is not strictly legitimate. The phrase is elliptical, for being understood after contend; but it is admissible in poetry.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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