מְדָן
medan · strife, contention
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4090 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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medan (מְדָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “strife, contention”.
Strife, a quarrel, discord between people.
How to say it
me·dan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Disputes and fights between people.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Proverbs 6:19
one who breathes out lies, a false witness, and one who sends out quarrels among brothers.
- Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up quarrels, but all transgressions love covers.