# מִדְיָן (midyan)

Israeli respelling: mid-yan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4079. 9 Old Testament occurrences.

{a contest or quarrel}

King James renderings: brawling, contention(-ous).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/midyan-h4079

## Occurrences

- [Proverbs 18:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/18) — The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
- [Proverbs 18:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/19) — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- [Proverbs 23:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/21) — As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- [Proverbs 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/15) — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.