Strife
מָדוֹןStrong’s H4066madon (ma-don)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Madon is the Hebrew word usually translated “strife” and “contention”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.”
Meaning
- Strife, contentionobject of contention
How it's translated
- strife 7
- a contention 1
- contention 1
- and contention 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 7
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Habakkuk 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
- Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
מָדוֹן madon · strife
1) strife, contention 1a) strife, contention 1b) object of contention
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “strife” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRIFE, noun
[See Strive.]
- Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. strife may be carried on between students or between mechanics.
- Contention in anger or enmity; contest; struggle for victory; quarrel or war.“I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon” Judges 12:2
- Opposition; contrariety; contrast.
- The agitation produced by different qualities; as the strife of acid and alkali. [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.