Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. 2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against. 3. (v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. 4. (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. 5. (n.) A continuous noise or murmur. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CHIDE chid: Only in the Old Testament, translating Hebrew ribh, a word which is more frequently rendered "strive." Since in Genesis 31:36 Judges 8:1 Psalm 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Chide (3 Occurrences) Exodus 17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? (KJV WBS) Judges 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. (KJV JPS ASV) Psalms 103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. (KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)