Maṭṭârâʼ — H4307

Definition

feminine noun

a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)

1. guard, ward, prison, mark, target
1. guard, ward, prison
2. target, mark (fig. of chastisement)

Usually translated as

prison, mark

Origin

or maṭṭârâh; from H5201

• Derived from Nâṭar (H5201)

Greek equivalents

• skopós (G4649)
• phylakḗ (G5438)

Occurrences

Maṭṭârâʼ occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Jeremiah (10), Lamentations (1)

• 1 Samuel 20:20 — And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark (לְמַטָּרָֽה).
• Nehemiah 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֑ה). After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
• Nehemiah 12:39 — And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison (הַמַּטָּרָֽה) gate.
• Job 16:12 — I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark (לְמַטָּרָֽה).
• Jeremiah 32:2 — For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֔ה), which was in the king of Judah’s house.
• Jeremiah 32:8 — So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָה֒) according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 32:12 — And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָֽה).
• Jeremiah 33:1 — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֖ה), saying,
• Jeremiah 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָה֒), and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Jeremiah 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָֽה).
• Jeremiah 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֔ה): and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
• Jeremiah 38:13 — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָֽה).
• Jeremiah 38:28 — So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֔ה) until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
• Jeremiah 39:14 — Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֗ה), and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
• Jeremiah 39:15 — Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison (הַמַּטָּרָ֖ה), saying,
• Lamentations 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark (כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א) for the arrow.