Strong’s
H4965Proper name, a place2 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Samuel 8:1מֶתֶג
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶ֫תֶג n.m. bridle
1. lit. bridle, for animals
2. fig. = control, authority
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.