מָדוֹןmâdôwn

strife, contention

Pronunciation: maw-dohn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4066

Meanings

1. strife, contention (Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 23:29; Proverbs 26:20)

2. object of contention (Psalms 80:7; Jeremiah 15:10; 2 Samuel 21:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 80:6 You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
  • Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered person starts fights; a cool-tempered person stops them.
  • Proverbs 16:28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
  • Proverbs 17:14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out.
  • Proverbs 22:10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too. Quarrels and insults will disappear.
  • Proverbs 26:20 Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).