Strong H4066מָדוֹן
strife
- Transliteration
- mâdôn
- Pronunciation
- maw-dohn'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
1) strife, contention
1a) strife, contention
1b) object of 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
- Psalms 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Proverbs 16:28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Proverbs 18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
- Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
- Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
- Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- Proverbs 26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- Proverbs 28:25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe 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.
- Habakkuk 1:3Why 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.