Meteg haammah מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה
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| מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meteg haammah |
| Strong's number | H4965 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Metheg-ammah |
| Occurrences | 2 in 1 verse |
Meteg haammah (Hebrew מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה, Strong's H4965) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Metheg-ammah”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
This name means mother city
Another name of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)
Another name of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | metheg ammah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | metheg ammah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meteg haammah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 8:1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).