Definition

quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon

Etymology

from H7378 (רִיב) and H1168 (בַּעַל);

Word family

• רִיב rîyb
• בַּעַל Baʻal

How the KJV renders it

• Merib-baal. Compare H4810 (מְרִי בַעַל)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.