What does מָדוֹן (madan) mean in the Bible?
מָדוֹן (madan): Strife that escalates through contentious dispute; often describes relational breakdown and discord within community or covenant relationships
Hebrew · H4066
מָדוֹן
A contest or quarrel
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מָדוֹן H4066
Pronunciation madan
What does מָדוֹן (madan) mean in the Bible?
מָדוֹן (madan): Strife that escalates through contentious dispute; often describes relational breakdown and discord within community or covenant relationships
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4066?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and conflict (3), dissension (2), strife (2), a conflict (1), a quarrel (1).
Where does מָדוֹן (madan) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Psalms 80:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Proverbs (13), Habakkuk (1), Jeremiah (1), Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and conflict 3× Proverbs 22:10, Jeremiah 15:10, Habakkuk 1:3
dissension 2× Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 29:22
strife 2× Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 28:25
a conflict 1× Proverbs 26:20
a quarrel 1× Proverbs 17:14
and a contentious 1× Proverbs 27:15
and disputes 1× Proverbs 18:19
contend 1× Psalms 80:6
has contentions 1× Proverbs 23:29
so is a quarrelsome 1× Proverbs 26:21
than with a contentious 1× Proverbs 21:19
with a quarrelsome 1× Proverbs 25:24
Show sample aligned rows
Psalms 80:6 מָ֭דוֹן to contend Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 15:18 מָד֑וֹן to strife Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 16:28 מָד֑וֹן to dissension Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 17:14 מָד֑וֹן to a quarrel Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 18:19 וּמְדוֹנִים to and disputes Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Proverbs 21:19 מְדוֹנִים to than with a contentious Noun - masculine plural Proverbs 22:10 מָד֑וֹן to and conflict Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 23:29 מְדוֹנִים to has contentions Noun - masculine plural Proverbs 25:24 מְדוֹנִים to with a quarrelsome Noun - masculine plural Proverbs 26:20 מָדֽוֹן׃ to a conflict Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Psalms 80:6
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 4
Psalms 1 Proverbs 13 Jeremiah 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
מָד֑וֹן 6x mā·ḏō·wn Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 22:10
מְדוֹנִים 5x mə·ḏō·nīm Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 23:29, Proverbs 25:24, Proverbs 26:21
וּמָד֖וֹן 1x ū·mā·ḏō·wn Habakkuk 1:3
וּמְדוֹנִים 1x ū·mə·ḏō·nīm Proverbs 18:19
מָ֭דוֹן 1x mā·ḏō·wn Psalms 80:6
מָד֖וֹן 1x mā·ḏō·wn Jeremiah 15:10
מָדֽוֹן׃ 1x mā·ḏō·wn Proverbs 26:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 9x Psalms 80:6, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 17:14
Noun - masculine plural 5x Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 23:29, Proverbs 25:24, Proverbs 26:21
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 1x Proverbs 18:19
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Habakkuk 1:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Strife that escalates through contentious dispute; often describes relational breakdown and discord within community or covenant relationships
Source Gloss
a contest or quarrel
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strife that escalates through contentious dispute; often describes relational breakdown and discord within community or covenant relationships
a contest or quarrel BDB: strife Usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Old Testament Witnesses
conflict or strife within a community
Showing 1 selected witness from 17 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
מָדוֹן is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Sowing division is identified as one of the behaviors God strongly opposes. Proverbs 6:12-19
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain