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מְרִיבָה

me.ri.vahMeribah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place11 occurrences5 books11 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Meribah: A place where the Israelites quarreled with Moses
  • Meribah: A place where Moses disobeyed God

Definition

the same as H4808; Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert
Traditional renderings: Meribah.

Glossary entries

Meribah Meribah-Kadesh, Meribath-Kadesh

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

11 total
  1. Exodus 17:7וּמְרִיבָ֑ה · and Meribah
    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?”
  2. Numbers 20:13מְרִיבָ֔ה · of Meribah
    These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
  3. Numbers 20:24מְרִיבָֽה׃ · of Meribah
    “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.
  4. Numbers 27:14מְרִיבַ֥ת · 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.
  5. Deuteronomy 32:51מְרִיבַ֥ת · of Meribah-kadesh
    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.
  6. Deuteronomy 33:8מְרִיבָֽה׃ · of Meribah
    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.
  7. Psalm 81:7מְרִיבָ֣ה · of Meribah
    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
  8. Psalm 95:8כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה · as you did at Meribah
    …do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
  9. Psalm 106:32מְרִיבָ֑ה · of Meribah
    At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
  10. Ezekiel 47:19מְרִיב֣וֹת · of Meribath-kadesh
    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.
  11. Ezekiel 48:28מְרִיבַ֣ת · of Meribath-kadesh
    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.