METHEG-AMMAH

METHEG-AMMAH 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).