Strong's Hebrew · H4079
מִדְיָן
midyân · mid-yawn'
Definition{a contest or quarrel}
Derivationa variation for H4066 (מָדוֹן)
KJV usagebrawling, contention(-ous).
Occurrences9 in the KJV · 9 verses
מִדְיָן in Scripture
Proverbs 18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
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.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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?
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.