Methegammah

(bridle of the metropolis), a place which David took from the Philistines, apparently in his last war with them. (2 Samuel 8:1) Ammah may be taken as meaning "mother-city" or "metropolis," comp. (2 Samuel 20:19) and Metheg-he-Ammah "the bridle of the mother-city" --viz. of Gath, the chief town of the Philistines.

Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Samuel 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 Chronicles 18:1). METHEG-AMMAH

me-theg-am'-a, meth-eg-am'-a (mathegh ha-'ammah, "bridle of the metropolis"; Septuagint ten aphorismenen): It is probable that the place-name Metheg-Ammah in 2 Samuel 8:1 the King James Version should be rendered as in the Revised Version (British and American), "the bridle of the mother city," i.e. Gath, since we find in the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 18:1 gath ubhenotheha, "Gath and her daughters," i.e. daughter towns. The Septuagint has an entirely different reading: "and David took the tribute out of the hand of the Philistines," showing that they had a different text from what we now have in the Hebrew. The text is evidently corrupt. If a place is intended its site is unknown, but it must have been in the Philistine plain and in the vicinity of Gath.

H. Porter

Methegammah (1 Occurrence)
... vicinity of Gath. H. Porter. Multi-Version Concordance Methegammah (1
Occurrence). 2 Samuel 8:1 And after this it came to pass that ...
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Metheg (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Samuel 8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. ...
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Metheg-ammah (1 Occurrence)
Metheg-ammah. Methegammah, Metheg-ammah. Meth'eg-am'mah . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... (See JPS WBS). Methegammah, Metheg-ammah. Meth'eg-am'mah . ...
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Ammah (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. ...
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Gath (44 Occurrences)
... its east edge. It is noticed on monuments about BC 1500. (see METHEGAMMAH.).
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GATH. gath (gath; Septuagint ...
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Methegammah (1 Occurrence)

2 Samuel 8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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Methegammah

Metheg (1 Occurrence)

Metheg-ammah (1 Occurrence)

Ammah (2 Occurrences)

Gath (44 Occurrences)

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