Meribah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Meribah
     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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Meribah, dispute; quarrel