Definition

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

Etymology

or רוּב; a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• adversary
• chide
• complain
• contend
• debate
• ever
• lay wait
• plead
• rebuke
• strive
• thoroughly

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.