This name means guard, prison
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4307 — מַטָּרָה
mat.ta.rah · (Gate of the) Guard · Hebrew/Aramaic
15 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 20:20 · לְמַטָּרָֽה׃And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.Nehemiah 3:25 · הַמַּטָּרָ֑הPalal the son of Uzai, over against the turning [of the wall], and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that [was] by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.Nehemiah 12:39 · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.Job 16:12 · לְמַטָּרָֽה׃I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.Jeremiah 32:2 · הַמַּטָּרָ֔הFor then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah’s house.Jeremiah 32:8 · הַמַּטָּרָה֒So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this [was] the word of the LORD.Jeremiah 32:12 · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.Jeremiah 33:1 · הַמַּטָּרָ֖הMoreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,Jeremiah 37:21 · הַמַּטָּרָה֒ · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.Jeremiah 38:6 · הַמַּטָּרָ֔הThen took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.Jeremiah 38:13 · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ סSo they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.Jeremiah 38:28 · הַמַּטָּרָ֔הSo Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was [there] when Jerusalem was taken.Jeremiah 39:14 · הַמַּטָּרָ֗הEven they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.Jeremiah 39:15 · הַמַּטָּרָ֖הNow the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,Lamentations 3:12 · כַּמַּטָּרָ֖אHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.