This name means guard, prison
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H4307 — מַטָּרָה
mat.ta.rah · (Gate of the) Guard · Hebrew/Aramaic
15 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 20:20 · לְמַטָּרָֽה׃‘And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;Nehemiah 3:25 · הַמַּטָּרָ֑הPalal son of Uzai, from over-against the angle, and the tower that is going out from the upper house of the king that is at the court of the prison; after him Pedaiah son of Parosh.Nehemiah 12:39 · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate, and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate—and they have stood at the prison-gate.Job 16:12 · לְמַטָּרָֽה׃At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.Jeremiah 32:2 · הַמַּטָּרָ֔הAnd then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that is in the house of the king of Judah,Jeremiah 32:8 · הַמַּטָּרָה֒And Hanameel, my uncle’s son, cometh in unto me, according to the word of Jehovah, unto the court of the prison, and saith unto me, ‘Buy, I pray thee, my field that is in Anathoth, that is in the land of Benjamin, for thine is the right of possession, and thine of redemption—buy for thee.’ And I know that it is the word of Jehovah,Jeremiah 32:12 · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison.Jeremiah 33:1 · הַמַּטָּרָ֖הAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah a second time—and he is yet detained in the court of the prison—saying:Jeremiah 37:21 · הַמַּטָּרָה֒ · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers’ street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.Jeremiah 38:6 · הַמַּטָּרָ֔הAnd they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.Jeremiah 38:13 · הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ סand they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.Jeremiah 38:28 · הַמַּטָּרָ֔הand Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison till the day that Jerusalem hath been captured, and he was there when Jerusalem was captured.Jeremiah 39:14 · הַמַּטָּרָ֗הyea, they send and take Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and give him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to carry him home, and he dwelleth in the midst of the people.Jeremiah 39:15 · הַמַּטָּרָ֖הAnd unto Jeremiah hath a word of Jehovah been—in his being detained in the court of the prison—saying:Lamentations 3:12 · כַּמַּטָּרָ֖אHe hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.