Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4965: מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה

Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh · pronounced meh'-theg haw-am-maw' · “Metheg-ammah”

Definition

Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath

KJV translates it as: Metheg-ammah.

Word origin: from H4964 (מֶתֶג) and H520 (אַמָּה) with the art. interposed; bit of the metropolis;

Extended definition

This name means mother city
Another name of gat (גַּת "Gath" H1661)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4965 is translated

  • metheg- ×1
  • -ammah ×1

Bible verses with H4965 (Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh)

Metheg hâ-ʼammâh appears in 1 verse.

  • 2 Samuel 8:1

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.