Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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Contentious
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1 Corinthians 11:16
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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מִדְיָן
midyân · mid-yawn'
3 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:19Strong's last: Proverbs 27:15
Open full H4079 profile →ἐριθεία
eritheía · er-ith-i'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
properly, intrigue, i.e. (by implication) faction
Strong's KJV usage: :--contention(-ious), strife.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 2:8Strong's last: Romans 2:8
Open full G2052 profile →φιλόνεικος
philóneikos · fil-on'-i-kos
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
fond of strife, i.e. disputatious
Strong's KJV usage: :--contentious.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 11:16Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 11:16
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It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
H4079
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
H4079
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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contentious
CONTENTIOUS, adjective
1. Apt to contend; given to angry debate; quarrelsome; perverse.
A continual dropping in a rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike. Proverbs 27:15.
2. Relating to contention in law; relating to litigation; having power to decide causes between contending parties; as a court of contentious jurisdiction.
3. Exciting or adapted to provoke contention or disputes; as a contentious subject.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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