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Metheg-Ammah

Holman Bible Dictionary

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(mehth' eh-am' muh) A phrase of uncertain meaning used at 2 Samuel 8:1 . KJV, NIV, NRSV take it as a place name. NAS translated the phrase as “the chief city.” The parallel in 1 Chronicles 18:1 has “Gath and its villages.” Other suggestions for translation include: “bridle of the water channel,” reins of the forearm,” “control of the mother city,” “take the common land,” or “wrest supremacy from.”

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Metheg-Ammah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​m/metheg-ammah.html. 1991.
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