מַטָּרָה mattarah
Hebrew word for “guardhouse” · Strong’s H4307 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) guard, ward, prison, mark, target; 1a) guard, ward, prison; 1b) target, mark (fig. of chastisement)
Senses in the lexicon
- guardhouse (15)
- (Gate of the) Guard (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for mattarah in context, with how often each is used:
- guard 13
- target 2
- like target 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 11 | 0.5 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 32 (3), Jeremiah 38 (3), Jeremiah 39 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (1), Nehemiah 3 (1), Nehemiah 12 (1), Job 16 (1), Jeremiah 33 (1), Jeremiah 37 (1), Lamentations 3 (1)
Forms
- המטרה 13
- למטרה 2
- כמטרא 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mattarah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָצֵר chatser “court” 11
- יִרְמְיָהוּ yirmeyah “Jeremiah” 8
- חֲנַמְאֵל chanamel “Hanamel” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 5
- מִגְדָּל migdal “tower” 2
- עָצַר atsar “to restrain” 2
- חֵץ chets “arrow” 2
- דּוֹד dod “beloved” 2
- חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 2
- בּוֹר bor “pit” 2
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 3
- עַד ad “till” 3
Key verses
The verses using mattarah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Nehemiah 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison.…
- Nehemiah 12:39 — And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep…
- Job 16:12 — I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
- Jeremiah 32:2 — For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
- Jeremiah 32:8 — So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in…
- Jeremiah 32:12 — And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of…
- Jeremiah 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the…
- Jeremiah 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with…
- Jeremiah 38:13 — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
- Jeremiah 38:28 — So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- Jeremiah 39:14 — Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry…
- Lamentations 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.