Limitless Word
מִדְיָןmidyân/mid-yawn'/
HebrewH40799 occurrences (KJV)

{a contest or quarrel}

KJV renders it: brawling, contention(-ous).

Where it appears

  • Prov 18:18The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
  • Prov 18:19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
  • Prov 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
  • Prov 21:9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
  • Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
  • Prov 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
  • Prov 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
  • Prov 26:21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
  • Prov 27:15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.