Bridle
מֶ֫תֶגStrong’s H4964meteg (me-teg)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meteg is the Hebrew word usually translated “bridle my” and “bridle”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”
Meaning
- Bridlebridle (for animals) · control, authority (fig.)
How it's translated
- and bridle my 2
- with bridle 1
- a bridle 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
- Isaiah 37:29Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Hebrew dictionary
מֶ֫תֶג meteg · bridle
1) bridle 1a) bridle (for animals) 1b) control, authority (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bridle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRI'DLE, noun
- The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider; consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses.
- A restraint; a curb; a check.
- A short piece of cable well served, attached to a swivel on a chain, laid in a harbor, and the upper end drawn into a ship and secured to the bits.
All definitions and other forms of “bridle”
BRI'DLE, verb transitive
To put on a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
- To restrain, guide or govern; to check, curb or control; as, to bridle the passions; 'to bridle a muse.'
BRI'DLE, verb intransitive
To hold up the head, and draw in the chin.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.