מִדְיָן midyan

Hebrew word for “contention” · Strong’s H4079 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

strife, contention

How it is translated

Glosses given for midyan in context, with how often each is used:

• contentions 10

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 18 (2), Proverbs 21 (2), Proverbs 6 (1), Proverbs 19 (1), Proverbs 23 (1), Proverbs 25 (1), Proverbs 26 (1), Proverbs 27 (1)

Forms

• מדינים 8
• ומדינים 1
• מדיני 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with midyan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• טָרַד tarad “to pursue” 2
• דֶּלֶף deleph “dripping” 2
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5
• חֲבַר chavar “fellow” 2
• גָּג gag “roof” 2
• פִּנָּה pinnah “corner” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 3

Key verses

The verses using midyan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Proverbs 6:14 — Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
• 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.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.