מָדוֹן
ma.don
“strife”
Definition
a contest or quarrel
from H1777 (דִּין);
- strife, contention 1a) strife, contention 1b) object of contention
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָדוֹן appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Why do You make me see iniquity?Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?Destruction and violence are before me.Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
Woe to me, my mother,that you have borne me,a man of strife and conflictin all the land.I have neither lent nor borrowed,yet everyone curses me.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
A perverse man spreads dissension,and a gossip divides close friends.
To start a quarrel is to release a flood;so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
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