H4066: מָדוֹן
mâdôwn · pronounced maw-dohn' · “strife”
Definition
a contest or quarrel
KJV translates it as: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare H4079 (מִדְיָן), H4090 (מְדָן).
Word origin: from H1777 (דִּין);
Extended definition
1a) strife, contention
1b) object of contention
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4066 is translated
- strife ×7
- contention ×2
- a contention ×1
Bible verses with H4066 (mâdôwn)
Mâdôwn appears in 10 verses.
- Psalms 80:6
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
- Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
- Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
- Habakkuk 1:3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.