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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #4307 - מַטָּרָא

Transliteration

maṭṭârâʼ

Phonetics

mat-taw-raw', mat-taw-raw'

Origin

from (H5201)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1356a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

guard, ward, prison, mark, target
1. guard, ward, prison
2. target, mark (figuratively of chastisement)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4649 ‑ σκοπός (skop‑os'); 5438 ‑ φυλακή (foo‑lak‑ay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

BSB (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

CSB (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

ESV (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

KJV (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

LEB (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

LSB (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

N95 (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

NAS (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

1 Samuel 1

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1204) r u (תהר ThR) AC: Contain CO: Wall AB: ?: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket or other container, the r is a picture of a man. Combined these mean "contain man". A wall that contains one for protection or as a jail.

A) r u (תהר ThR) AC: ? CO: Watch AB: ?

a^f1 ) e r u m (מתהרה MThRH) - I. Target:As aimed at. [df: arjm]II. Prison:A place watched and surrounded by walls. [df: arjm] KJV (16): mark, prison - Strongs: H4307 (מַטָּרָא)

f^m ) i r u (תהרי ThRY) - Fresh: Something that is moist. [Unknown connection to root] KJV (2): new, putrify - Strongs: H2961 (טָרִי)

C) r u a (אתהר AThR) AC: Shut CO: ? AB: ?: The closing of the doors to the wall.

V) r u a (אתהר AThR) - Shut: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) shut - Strongs: H332 (אָטַר)

N^m) r u a (אתהר AThR) - Shut: Something that is not used such as the left hand. KJV (2): left - Strongs: H334 (אִטֵּר)

G) r e u (תההר ThHR) AC: ? CO: Clean AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

V) r e u (תההר ThHR) - Clean: KJV (94): (vf: Paal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) clean, purify, purge, purifier - Strongs: H2891 (טָהֵר)

N^f1) e r e u (תההרה ThHRH) - Cleansing: KJV (13): cleansing, purifying, purification, cleansed - Strongs: H2893 (טָהֳרָה)

c^m) r f e u (תההור ThHWR) - Clean: KJV (96): clean, pure, fair - Strongs: H2889 (טָהֹר), H2890 (טְהוֹר)

g^m) r e f u (תהוהר ThWHR) - Cleanness: KJV (4): purify, clearness, - Strongs: H2892 (טֹהַר)

J) r f u (תהור ThWR) AC: ? CO: Row AB: ?: As the wall as a row.

N^m) r f u (תהור ThWR) - I. Row: II. Range:A row of mountains. [Aramaic only] KJV (28): row, mountain - Strongs: H2905 (טוּר), H2906 (טוּר)

M) r i u (תהיר ThYR) AC: ? CO: Village AB: ?: A place carefully watched over.

N^f1) e r i u (תהירה ThYRH) - Village: KJV (7): castle, palace, row, habitation - Strongs: H2918 (טִירָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2245 P r u (Tear, Prey)
A2400 R u n (Guard)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַטָּרָה and ( Lamentations 3:12) מַטָּרָא noun feminine 1. guard, ward, prison Nehemiah 3:25.

2 target, mark (as kept in the eye, watched, compare נָצַר Proverbs 23:26, and σκόπος ( watcher, mark) from σκέπτομαι; perhaps Nabataean [רתא]מט Lzb³²³); — always absolute: —

1 guard, ward, prison, usually ׳חֲצַר הַמּ court of gaurd (see I. ׳חָצֵ) Jeremiah 32:2,8,12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6,13,28; Jeremiah 39:14,15; ׳שַׁעַר הַמּ Nehemiah 12:39.

2 target, mark Job 16:12 (figurative of ׳י s chastisement), כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ Lamentations 3:12 (simile id.); literally only 1 Samuel 20:20.

List of Word Forms

הַמַּטָּרָ֑ה הַמַּטָּרָ֔ה הַמַּטָּרָ֖ה הַמַּטָּרָ֗ה הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ הַמַּטָּרָה֒ המטרה המטרה׃ כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א כמטרא לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ למטרה׃ ham·maṭ·ṭā·rāh hammattaRah hammaṭṭārāh kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā kammattaRa kammaṭṭārā lə·maṭ·ṭā·rāh lemattaRah ləmaṭṭārāh