Metheg-ammah

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

bridle of bondage

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