Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4079
מִדְיָן
mid.yan · “contention”
Used 9 times across 1 book
Definition
strife, contention
Where it appears
Proverbs9
In the text
Proverbs 18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.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 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.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 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 26:21As 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.
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