H4066 מָדוֹן
mâdôwn — a contest or quarrel
KJV: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare H4079 (מִדְיָן), H4090 (מְדָן).
Derived from דִּין dîyn (a straight course, i.e. sail direct)
Occurs 15 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָדוֹן n.m. strife, contention
- 1 strife, contention
- 2 object of contention
Where it occurs
- Jeremiah 15:10 — Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not…
- Habakkuk 1:3 — Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and…
- Psalms 80:7 — You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
- Proverbs 15:18 — A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
- Proverbs 17:14 — The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
- Proverbs 18:19 — A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
- Proverbs 21:19 — It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- Proverbs 22:10 — Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
- Proverbs 23:29 — Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- Proverbs 25:24 — It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.