Mᵉrîybâh — H4809

H4809 · Hebrew — מריבה

Pronunciation: mer-ee-baw'

Definition

locative proper noun

Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert

  1. Meribah = "strife" or "contention"
  2. a fountain at Rephidim, in the desert of Sin; so called because the Israelites murmured against God
  3. the name of the water supply at Kadesh on the southern border of the promised land; the people also murmured here against God

Usually translated as

Meribah

Origin

the same as H4808

Occurrences

Mᵉrîybâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (2), Psalms (1), Ezekiel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M