HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4965
מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה
me.teg ha.am.mah — Metheg-ammah
This name means mother city Another name of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)
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Metheg-ammah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines” (R.V., “took the bridle of the mother-city”); i.e., subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath (1 Chr. 18:1).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.