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Lexicon :: Strong's H4066 - māḏôn

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מָדוֹן
Transliteration
māḏôn
Pronunciation
maw-dohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 426c

Strong’s Definitions

מָדוֹן mâdôwn, maw-dohn'; from H1777; a contest or quarrel:—brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare H4079, H4090.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H4066 in the following manner: strife (7x), contention (3x), discord (1x), variant (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H4066 in the following manner: strife (7x), contention (3x), discord (1x), variant (7x).

  1. strife, contention

    1. strife, contention

    2. object of contention

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָדוֹן mâdôwn, maw-dohn'; from H1777; a contest or quarrel:—brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare H4079, H4090.
STRONGS H4066: Abbreviations
† I. מָדוֺן noun masculineProverbs 22:10 strife, contention — Psalm 80:7 [Psalm 80:6] 9 times;
[H4079 plural מִדְיָנִים Proverbs 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים Proverbs 18:19 7 times];
[H4090 contracted into מְדָנִים Proverbs 6:19; 10:12],
מִדְ֯נִים Proverbs 6:14;
[H4079 construct מִדְיְנֵי Proverbs 19:13].
1. strife, contention, almost wholly Proverbs: — Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 23:29; Proverbs 26:20; also Proverbs 17:14 (|| רִיב), Proverbs 22:10 (|| דִּין וְקָלוֺן); יִשָּׂא מ׳ Habakkuk 1:3 contention ariseth (|| ריב); שׁלּח מ׳ let loose strife Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 16:28; יְגָרֶה מ׳ he stirreth up strife Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 28:25; Proverbs 29:22; note especially אִישׁ מִדְוָ֯נִים Proverbs 26:21 = a contentious, quarrelsome man; oftener אֵשֶׁת מ׳ = a contentious woman Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15, compare וָכָ֑עַם אשׁת מ׳ Proverbs 21:19.
2. object of contention Psalm 80:7 [Psalm 80:6], compare אִישׁ מָדוֺן Jeremiah 15:10 (|| אִישׁ רִיב). — On H4067 מָדוֺן 2 Samuel 21:20 Qr, see I. H4060 מִדָּה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

80:6; 80:6

Proverbs

6:14; 6:14; 15:18; 16:28; 17:14; 18:19; 21:9; 21:19; 22:10; 22:10; 23:29; 25:24; 26:20; 26:21; 27:15; 28:25; 29:22

Jeremiah

15:10

Habakkuk

1:3

H4066

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4066 matches the Hebrew מָדוֹן (māḏôn),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:6 - You make us an object of contention for our neighbors,
and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 - with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 - It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A continual dripping on a rainy day
and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:25 - A greedy man stirs up strife,
but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 - A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
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