King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4066
Transliteration: madon
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-dohn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: strife, contention
Meaning: a contest, quarrel
Word Summary
madon: strife, contention
Original Word: מָדוֹןTransliteration: madon
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-dohn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: strife, contention
Meaning: a contest, quarrel
Strong's Concordance
brawling, contention, discord, strife From diyn; a contest or quarrel -- brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare midyan, mdan.
see HEBREW diyn
see HEBREW midyan
see HEBREW mdan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4066. madon
I. מָדוֺן noun masculineProverbs 22:10 strife, contention — Psalm 80:7 9t.; plural מִדְיָנִים Proverbs 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים 18:19 7t.; contracted into מְדָנִים 6:19; 10:12, מִדְ֯נִים 6:14; construct מִדְיְנֵי 19:13.
1 strife, contention, almost wholly Proverbs: — Proverbs 18:19; 23:29; 26:20; also 17:14 ("" רִיב), 22:10 ("" וְקָלוֺן דִּין); ׳מ יִשָּׂא Habakkuk 1:3 contention ariseth ("" ריב); מ ׳שׁלּח let loose strife Proverbs 6:14; 16:28; מ ׳יְגָרֶה he stirreth up strife 15:18; 28:25; 29:22; note especially מִדְוָ֯נִים אִישׁ 26:21 = a contentious, quarrelsome man; oftener מ ׳אֵשֶׁת = a contentious woman 21:9; 25:24; 27:15, compare מ ׳אשׁת וָכָ֑עַם 21:19.
2 object of contention Psalm 80:7, compare מָדוֺן אִישׁ Jeremiah 15:10 ("" רִיב אִישׁ). — On מָדוֺן 2 Samuel 21:20 Qr, see I. מִדָּה below מדד.