Strong's Lexicon

H4067

H4067 — מָדוֹן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmadownnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1146d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4067
Word:מָדוֹן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from the same as H4063
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:madown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-dohn'
Meaning:1. extensiveness, i.e. height
KJV Renderings:stature.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1922

I. מָדוֺן noun masculine Prov 22:10 strife, contentionPs 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.


BDB4512

I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late) — ׳ מ Exod 26:2 + 35 t.; construct מִדַּת Ezek 40:21 + 2 t.; plural מִדּוֺת Ezek 41:17 + 12 t.; מִדּוֺתָיו Ps 133:2 מִדּוֺתֶיהָ Ezek 48:16

1. measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Ezek 41:17 (strike out Co), Ezek 42:15; Ezek 48:30; Ezek 48:33 compare Josh 3:4 ( P ), 1Chr 23:29, see also Lev 19:35 ( H ); once of liquid measure, figurative, Job 28:25 ׳ קַו֯ה הַמּ Jer 31:39 measuring-line; ׳ חֶבֶל מ Zech 2:5 ( id.); ׳ קְנֵה הַמּ measuring-reed Ezek 40:3; Ezek 40:5; Ezek 42:16 (strike out Co), Ezek 42:16 Ezek 42:17 Ezek 42:18 Ezek 42:19 .
2. measurement, size of curtains in tabernacle Exod 26:2; Exod 26:8; Exod 36:9; Exod 36:15 (all P ); compare 1Kgs 6:25; 1Kgs 7:37 (both || קֶצֶב), 1Kgs 7:9 1Kgs 7:11; 2Chr 3:3; Ezek 40:10 (twice in verse); Ezek 40:21; Ezek 40:22; Ezek 40:24; Ezek 40:28; Ezek 40:29; Ezek 40:32; Ezek 40:33; Ezek 40:35 ; Ezek 43:13 ; Ezek 46:22; Ezek 48:16 once of time, מִדַּת יָמַי Ps 39:5 probably also Job 11:9 (figurative of God's wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, compare Sta§ 347, approximately 2; בֵּית מִדּוֺת = house of size Jer 22:14 אִישׁ מִדָּה = man of size, stature, 1Chr 11:23; 1Chr 20:6 so also probably || 2Sam 21:20 (for HCT מדין, Qr מָדוֺן, see [ מַד ]), We Dr Kit Bu; plural Num 13:32; Isa 45:14.
3. measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Neh 3:11; Neh 3:19; Neh 3:20; Neh 3:21; Neh 3:24; Neh 3:27; Neh 3:30, compare Ezek 45:3.
4. garment (plural poetic) Ps 133:2.


BDB4518

III. מָדוֺן noun [masculine] 2Sam 21:20 Qr , see I. מִדָּה . above


מַדּוּעַ see ידע , p. 396.


מְדוּרָה see דור . מִדְחֶה see דחה .


[מַדְחֵפָה], מַדְחֵפֹת see דחף .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מדון (mah-dohn’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: 28a,21:20. where was ם man of (grest) steixrt
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