Strong H4079מִדְיָן

Definition

Detailed definition

In the Bible

Strong H4079 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• contention4
• contentious3
• brawling2

First verses

1. Proverbs 18:18
   The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
2. 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.
3. Proverbs 19:13
   A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
4. Proverbs 21:9
   It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
5. Proverbs 21:19
   It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
6. 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?
7. Proverbs 25:24
   It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
8. Proverbs 26:21
   As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
9. Proverbs 27:15
   A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Occurrences by book

• Proverbs9

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