me.dan denotes conflicts stirred up, plotted, or sown between people.

The attested noun refers to conflicts set in motion by hostile conduct: they are stirred up through hatred or perverse plotting and sown among brothers.

1. Conflicts provoked among people · dominant

   The plural noun occurs where conflict is actively brought about: in Proverbs 6:14 the APB renders a person with perversity in his heart as one who “stirs up strife,” and in Proverbs 6:19 it renders one who “sows strife among brothers.” Proverbs 10:12 likewise sets hatred as what “stirs up strife,” in contrast to love covering transgression.

   Proverbs 10:12Proverbs 6:14Proverbs 6:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all three verses, the APB presents the clause with “strife,” describing it as stirred up or sown. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.