מָדוֹן mâdôwn
Meaning
a contest or quarrel
In the King James Version: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare H4079 (מִדְיָן), H4090 (מְדָן).
Derivation: from H1777 (דִּין);
Where it is used
- Psalms 80:6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
- Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
- Proverbs 17:14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
- Proverbs 26:20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Proverbs 28:25 A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
- Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Jeremiah 15:10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
- Habakkuk 1:3 Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.