Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh — H4965

Definition

masculine noun

Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath

1. mother city
1. bridle of the mother city (ie control or authority of)

Usually translated as

Metheg-ammah

Origin

from H4964 and H520 with the art. interposed; bit of the metropolis

• Derived from Metheg (H4964)
• Derived from ʼammâh (H520)

Occurrences

Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1)

• 2 Samuel 8:1 — And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah (מֶ֥תֶג) out of the hand of the Philistines.