16 occurrences

'Strive' in the Bible

And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.

And this of Judah; and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him unto his people; May his hands strive for them; And be thou a help to him against his oppressors.

And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?

They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; in the heavens will he thunder upon them. Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive with him?

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

{A Psalm of David.} Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?

For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

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נצה 
Natsah 
Usage: 11

גּרה 
Garah 
Usage: 14

יריב 
Yariyb 
Usage: 3

רוּב ריבo 
Riyb 
Usage: 66

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ἀγωνίζομαι 
Agonizomai 
Usage: 5

ἀθλέω 
Athleo 
Usage: 2

ἀνταγωνίζομαι 
Antagonizomai 
Usage: 1

διαμάχομαι 
Diamachomai 
Usage: 1

ἐρίζω 
Erizo 
Usage: 1

λογομαχέω 
Logomacheo 
Usage: 1

μάχη 
Mache 
Usage: 4

μάχομαι 
Machomai 
Usage: 4

συναγωνίζομαι 
sunagonizomai 
Usage: 1

συναθλέω 
sunathleo 
Usage: 2

φιλοτιμέομαι 
Philotimeomai 
Usage: 3