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Lexicon :: Strong's H4079 - miḏyān

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מִדְיָן
Transliteration
miḏyān
Pronunciation
mid-yawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A variation for מָדוֹן (H4066)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 426c

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: מדין.

Strong’s Definitions

מִדְיָן midyân, mid-yawn'; a variation for H4066:—brawling, contention(-ous).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4079 in the following manner: contention (7x), brawling (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H4079 in the following manner: contention (7x), brawling (2x).

  1. strife, contention

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִדְיָן midyân, mid-yawn'; a variation for H4066:—brawling, contention(-ous).
STRONGS H4079: Abbreviations
plural מִדְיָנִים Proverbs 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים Proverbs 18:19 7 times  ... construct מִדְיְנֵי Proverbs 19:13.
1. strife, contention, almost wholly Proverbs: — Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 23:29  ... note especially אִישׁ מִדְוָ֯נִים Proverbs 26:21 = a contentious, quarrelsome man; oftener אֵשֶׁת מ׳ = a contentious woman Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15, compare וָכָ֑עַם אשׁת מ׳ Proverbs 21:19.

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H4066.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

18:18; 18:19; 18:19; 19:13; 21:9; 21:19; 23:29; 25:24; 26:21; 27:15

H4079

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4079 matches the Hebrew מִדְיָן (miḏyān),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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The lot causeth contentions to cease,
And parteth between the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:13

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A foolish son is the calamity of his father;
And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions?
Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause?
Who hath redness of eyes?

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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:15

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A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
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