מֶתֶגmetheg
bridle
Pronunciation: meh-theg · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4964
Meanings
1. literally bridle, for animals (Proverbs 26:3; Psalms 32:9; 2 Kings 19:28)
2. figurative = control, authority (2 Samuel 8:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 19:28 And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
- Psalms 32:9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
- Proverbs 26:3 Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!
- Isaiah 37:29 And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).