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Lexicon :: Strong's H4307 - maṭṭārâ

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מַטָּרָה
Transliteration
maṭṭārâ
Pronunciation
mat-taw-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1356a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מטרה (Strongs and Gesenius) מטרא (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מַטָּרָא maṭṭârâʼ, mat-taw-raw'; or מַטָּרָה maṭṭârâh; from H5201; a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched):—mark, prison.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H4307 in the following manner: prison (13x), mark (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H4307 in the following manner: prison (13x), mark (3x).

  1. guard, ward, prison, mark, target

    1. guard, ward, prison

    2. target, mark (fig. of chastisement)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַטָּרָא maṭṭârâʼ, mat-taw-raw'; or מַטָּרָה maṭṭârâh; from H5201; a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched):—mark, prison.
STRONGS H4307: Abbreviations
† 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

20:20

Nehemiah

3:25; 12:39

Job

16:12

Proverbs

23:26

Jeremiah

32:2; 32:8; 32:12; 33:1; 37:21; 38:6; 38:13; 38:28; 39:14; 39:15

Lamentations

3:12; 3:12

H4307

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4307 matches the Hebrew מַטָּרָה (maṭṭārâ),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:20 - And I will shoot [fn]three arrows, aiming them at [fn]a mark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - of Phalach the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, and where is also the tower that projects from the king's house, even the upper one of the prison-house: and after him repaired Phadaea the son of Phoros.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - of Ephraim, and to the fish-gate, and by the tower of Anameel, and as far as the sheep-gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - (LXX 39:2) And the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against Jerusalem: and Jeremias was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the king's house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - (LXX 39:8) So Anameel the son of Salom my father's brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy thee my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for thou hast a right to buy it, and thou art the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - (LXX 39:12) and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasæas, in the sight of Anameel my father's brother's son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - (LXX 40:1) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - (LXX 44:21) Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed out of the city. So Jeremias continued in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - (LXX 45:6) And they cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the king's son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit: and there was no water in the pit, but mire: and he was in the mire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - (LXX 45:13) And they drew him with the ropes, and lifted him out of the dungeon: and Jeremias remained in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - (LXX 45:28) And Jeremias remained in the court of the prison, until the time when Jerusalem was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - (LXX 46:14) and they sent, and took Jeremias out of the court of the prison, and gave him in charge to Godolias the son of Achicam, the son of Saphan: and they brought him out, and he sat in the midst of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - (LXX 46:15) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in the court of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - He. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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