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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Psalm 32:9 is elsewhere translated "bridle" ( 2 Kings 19:28; Proverbs 26:3; Isaiah 37:29 ). Bits were generally made of bronze or iron, but sometimes also of gold or silver. In James 3:3 the Authorized Version translates the Greek word by "bits," but the Revised Version by "bridles."

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bit'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​b/bit.html. 1897.
 
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