Metheg-ammah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Metheg-ammah
     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).


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Metheg-ammah, bridle of bondage