מִדְיָן

mid.yan · contention

Hebrew · Strong's H4079 · Noun · Sounds like: mid-yawn' · 10 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a variation for מָדוֹן; {a contest or quarrel}; brawling, contention(-ous).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מָדוֹן n.m. strife, contention
1. strife, contention
2. object of contention

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 6:14 מִדְיָנִ֥ים me.da.nim · A person, place or thing

    In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

  2. Proverbs 18:18 מִ֭דְיָנִים Mid.ya.nim · A person, place or thing

    The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.

  3. Proverbs 18:19 וּ֝מִדְיָנִ֗ים u.me.do.nim · A person, place or thing

    A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

  4. Proverbs 19:13 מִדְיְנֵ֥י mid.ye.Nei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  5. Proverbs 21:9 מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים mid.ya.Nim · A person, place or thing

    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  6. Proverbs 21:19 מִדְיָנִ֣ים me.do.nim · A person, place or thing

    It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

  7. Proverbs 23:29 מִדְיָנִ֨ים mi.do.nim · A person, place or thing

    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

  8. Proverbs 25:24 מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים mi.do.nim · A person, place or thing

    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  9. Proverbs 26:21 מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים mi.do.nim · A person, place or thing

    As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

  10. Proverbs 27:15 מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים mi.do.nim · A person, place or thing

    A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

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