Bible Dictionary
CHIDE
To chide means to scold, rebuke, or sharply censure. In the Old Testament it may describe complaints from inferiors or correction given by a superior.
Definition
To chide means to scold, rebuke, or sharply censure. The word may describe verbal conflict between persons of unequal position.
Biblical Usage
In the Old Testament, chiding can describe the complaints and reproaches of inferiors toward a superior, or the rebukes of a superior toward inferiors.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>chid: Only in the Old Testament, translating Hebrew ribh, a word which is more frequently rendered "strive." Since in Ge 31:36; Jud 8:1; Ps 103:9, the strife is one of words, it means in these passages, "scold," or "sharply censure," and is applied either to mutinous protests and reproaches of inferiors to a superior, or, as in the last of these passages, to rebukes administered by a superior to inferiors.</p>