{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4066",
  "lemma": "מָדוֹן",
  "transliteration": "mâdôwn",
  "definition": "a contest or quarrel",
  "kjv": "brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare H4079 (מִדְיָן), H4090 (מְדָן).",
  "occurrences": 15,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1777",
      "lemma": "דִּין",
      "transliteration": "dîyn",
      "meaning": "a straight course, i.e. sail direct",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1777"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָדוֹן n.m. strife, contention",
    "1. strife, contention",
    "2. object of contention"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 15:10",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/15?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Habakkuk 1:3",
      "text": "Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/1?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 80:7",
      "text": "You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/80?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 15:18",
      "text": "A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/15?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 17:14",
      "text": "The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/17?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 18:19",
      "text": "A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 21:19",
      "text": "It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/21?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 22:10",
      "text": "Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/22?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 23:29",
      "text": "Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/23?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 25:24",
      "text": "It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/25?v=24"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4066",
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