מֶתֶג
meteg · bridle, bit
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4964 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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meteg (מֶתֶג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bridle, bit”.
Bridle: the piece put in a horse's mouth to guide it (Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 26:3). In 2 Kings 19:28 YHWH says he will put it in the lips of the king of Assyria to turn him back.
How to say it
me·teg
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
- Headgear in a horse's mouth; also control over someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bridle ×3
- bit ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 19:28
Because your raging against me and your arrogance have come up into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.”
- Psalms 32:9
Do not be like a horse, like a mule, without understanding, with bit and bridle its trappings to restrain it; it does not come near to you.
- Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of the senseless.
- Isaiah 37:29
Because your raging against me and your arrogance have come up into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.”