Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4964
מֶתֶג
methegmeh-theg
bridle
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4964is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4964
a bit
The King James renders it: bit, bridle.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
metheg is rendered "bridle". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 19:28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
2 Kings 19:28וּמִתְגִּי֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and bridle my2
- a bridle1
- with bridle1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֶתֶק | metheq | sweetness | Uses2 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּמִתְגִּי֙2
- בְּמֶֽתֶג־1
- מֶ֣תֶג1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
2 Kings
one use
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- וּמִתְגִּי֙umitgiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and bridle my
Psalms
one use
Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- בְּמֶֽתֶג־bemeteg-preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with bridle
Proverbs
one use
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- מֶ֣תֶגmetegnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bridle
Isaiah
one use
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- וּמִתְגִּי֙umitgiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and bridle my
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.