H4964 — metheg
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
metheg — pronounced meh-theg
from an unused root meaning to curb; a bit:--bit, bridle.
4 occurrences in the KJV.
2 Kings 19:28
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Psalms 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Isaiah 37:29
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
