Strong H4066מָדוֹן

strife

Transliteration
mâdôn
Pronunciation
maw-dohn'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H1777; a contest or quarrel: - {brawling} contention ({-ous}) {discord} strife. Compare {H4079 } H4090 .

Detailed definition

1) strife, contention
1a) strife, contention
1b) object of contention

In the Bible

Strong H4066 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • strife7
  • contention5
  • contentious3
  • brawling2
  • discord1

First verses

  1. Psalms 80:6
    Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
  2. Proverbs 6:14
    Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
  3. Proverbs 15:18
    A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  4. Proverbs 16:28
    A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
  5. Proverbs 17:14
    The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
  6. Proverbs 18:19
    A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
  7. Proverbs 21:9
    It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  8. Proverbs 21:19
    It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  9. Proverbs 22:10
    Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  10. Proverbs 23:29
    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
  11. Proverbs 25:24
    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
  12. Proverbs 26:20
    Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
  13. Proverbs 26:21
    As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
  14. Proverbs 27:15
    A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
  15. Proverbs 28:25
    He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
  16. Proverbs 29:22
    An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  17. Jeremiah 15:10
    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
  18. Habakkuk 1:3
    Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
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