Lexical Definition

‎מָדוֹן‎ mâdôwn (maw-dohn') strife ^H:N-M
from ‎דִּין‎

brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare ‎מִדְיָן‎, ‎מְדָן‎.

• a contest or quarrel

1) strife, contention
1a) strife, contention
1b) object of contention

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מָדוֹן | מִדָּה

I. ‎מָדוֺן‎ noun masculine^{Prov 22:10} strife, contention — Ps 80:7* + 9 t.; plural ‎מִדְיָנִים‎ Prov 18:18, ‎מִדְ֯וָנִים‎ Prov 18:19 + 7 t.; contracted into ‎מְדָנִים‎ Prov 6:19; Prov 10:12, ‎מִדְ֯נִים‎ Prov 6:14 construct ‎מִדְיְנֵי‎ Prov 19:13.

1. strife, contention, almost wholly Proverbs: — Prov 18:19; Prov 23:29; Prov 26:20 also Prov 17:14 (|| ‎רִיב‎), Prov 22:10 (|| ‎דִּין וְקָלוֺן‎); ‎יִשָּׂא‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hab 1:3 contention ariseth (|| ‎ריב‎); ‎׳‎‎שׁלּח מ‎ let loose strife Prov 6:14; Prov 16:28 ‎׳‎‎יְגָרֶה מ‎ he stirreth up strife Prov 15:18; Prov 28:25; Prov 29:22 note especially ‎אִישׁ מִדְוָ֯נִים‎ Prov 26:21 = a contentious, quarrelsome man; oftener ‎׳‎‎אֵשֶׁת מ‎ = a contentious woman Prov 21:9; Prov 25:24; Prov 27:15, compare ‎וָכָ֑עַם‎ ‎׳‎‎אשׁת מ‎ Prov 21:19.

2. object of contention Ps 80:7*, compare ‎אִישׁ מָדוֺן‎ Jer 15:10 (|| ‎אִישׁ רִיב‎). — On ‎מָדוֺן‎ 2Sam 21:20 Qr, see I. ‎מִדָּה‎ below ‎מדד‎.

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