NAVE: Meribah Meribah Kadesh Meribath Kadesh
EBD: Meribah
SMITH: MERIBAH
ISBE: MERIBAH MERIBATH-KADESH; MERIBOTH-KADESH
Meribah
In Bible versions:
Meribah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVMeribah Kadesh: NET
Meribath Kadesh: NET
Meribath-Kadesh: AVS TEV
Meribath-kadesh: NRSV
Meribah-kadesh: NASB
a place at Kadesh-Barnea where Moses struck the rock for water
dispute; quarrel
Hebrew
Strongs #04809: hbyrm M@riybah
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
4809 Mriybah mer-ee-baw'
the same as 4808; Meribah, the name of two places in theDesert:-Meribah.
see HEBREW for 04808
Strongs #04808: hbyrm m@riybah
1) strife, contention4808 mriybah mer-ee-baw'
from 7378; quarrel:-provocation, strife.see HEBREW for 07378
Meribah [EBD]
quarrel or strife. (1.) One of the names given by Moses to the fountain in the desert of Sin, near Rephidim, which issued from the rock in Horeb, which he smote by the divine command, "because of the chiding of the children of Israel" (Ex. 17:1-7). It was also called Massah (q.v.). It was probably in Wady Feiran, near Mount Serbal.
(2.) Another fountain having a similar origin in the desert of Zin, near to Kadesh (Num. 27:14). The two places are mentioned together in Deut. 33:8. Some think the one place is called by the two names (Ps. 81:7). In smiting the rock at this place Moses showed the same impatience as the people (Num. 20:10-12). This took place near the close of the wanderings in the desert (Num. 20:1-24; Deut. 32:51).
Meribah [NAVE]
MERIBAH1. A place in Rephidim, where Moses struck a rock and brought forth water, Ex. 17:1-7.
2. Meribah-kadesh, fountain in the desert of Zin, Num. 20:13, 24.
MERIBAH [SMITH]
(strife, contention). In (Exodus 17:7) we read, "he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah," where the people murmured and the rock was smitten. [For the situation see REPHIDIM] The name is also given to Kadesh, (Numbers 20:13,24; 27:14; 32:51) (Meribah-kadesh), because there also the people, when in want of water, strove with God.MERIBATH-KADESH; MERIBOTH-KADESH [ISBE]
MERIBATH-KADESH; MERIBOTH-KADESH - mer'-i-bath-ka'-desh, mer'-i-both-k (Ezek 48:28; 47:19): The southern limit of Ezekiel's ideal land of Israel.See MERIBAH.