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Lexicon :: Strong's H4307 - maṭṭārâ

Aa
מַטָּרָה
Transliteration
maṭṭārâ
Pronunciation
mat-taw-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 - “I will shoot H3384 three H7969 arrows H2671 to the side, H6654 as though I shot H7971 at a target. H4307

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal H6420 the son H1121 of Uzai H186 made repairs in front H5048 of the Angle H4740 and the tower H4026 projecting H3318 from the upper H5945 house H1004 of the king, H4428 which H834 is by the court H2691 of the guard. H4307 After H310 him Pedaiah H6305 the son H1121 of Parosh H6551 made repairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above H4480 H5921 the Gate H8179 of Ephraim, H669 by the Old H3465 Gate, H8179 by the Fish H1709 Gate, H8179 the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 and the Tower H4026 of the Hundred, H3968 as far H5704 as the Sheep H6629 Gate; H8179 and they stopped H5975 at the Gate H8179 of the Guard. H4307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - “I was at ease, H7961 but He shattered H6565 me,
And He has grasped H270 me by the neck H6203 and shaken H6327 me to pieces; H6327
He has also set H6965 me up as His target. H4307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - Now at that time H227 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem, H3389 and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 was shut H3607 up in the court H2691 of the guard, H4307 which H834 was in the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah, H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - “Then Hanamel H2601 my uncle’s H1730 son H1121 came H935 to me in the court H2691 of the guard H4307 according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 and said H559 to me, ‘Buy H7069 my field, H7704 please, H4994 that is at Anathoth, H6068 which H834 is in the land H776 of Benjamin; H1144 for you have the right H4941 of possession H3425 and the redemption H1353 is yours; buy H7069 it for yourself.’ Then I knew H3045 that this H1931 was the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - and I gave H5414 the deed H5612 of purchase H4736 to Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah, H5374 the son H1121 of Mahseiah, H4271 in the sight H5869 of Hanamel H2601 my uncle’s H1730 son and in the sight H5869 of the witnesses H5707 who signed H3789 the deed H5612 of purchase, H4736 before H5869 all H3605 the Jews H3064 who were sitting H3427 in the court H2691 of the guard. H4307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 the second H8145 time, H8145 while he was still H5750 [fn]confined H6113 in the court H2691 of the guard, H4307 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 gave H6680 commandment, H6680 and they committed H6485 Jeremiah H3414 to the court H2691 of the guardhouse H4307 and gave H5414 him a loaf H3603 of bread H3899 daily H3117 from the bakers’ H644 street, H2351 until H5704 all H3605 the bread H3899 in the city H5892 was gone. H8552 So Jeremiah H3414 remained H3427 in the court H2691 of the guardhouse. H4307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - Then they took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 and cast H7993 him into the cistern H953 of Malchijah H4441 the king’s H4428 son, H1121 which H834 was in the court H2691 of the guardhouse; H4307 and they let H7971 Jeremiah H3414 down H7971 with ropes. H2256 Now in the cistern H953 there H369 was no H369 water H4325 but only H518 mud, H2916 and Jeremiah H3414 sank H2883 into the mud. H2916

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled H4900 Jeremiah H3414 up with the ropes H2256 and lifted H5927 him out of the cistern, H953 and Jeremiah H3414 stayed H3427 in the court H2691 of the guardhouse. H4307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah H3414 stayed H3427 in the court H2691 of the guardhouse H4307 until H5704 the day H3117 that Jerusalem H3389 was captured. H3920

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - they even sent H7971 and took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 out of the court H2691 of the guardhouse H4307 and entrusted H5414 him to Gedaliah, H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam, H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 to take H3318 him home. H1004 So he stayed H3427 among H8432 the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - Now the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 had come H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 while he was confined H6113 in the court H2691 of the guardhouse, H4307 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - He bent H1869 His bow H7198
And set H5324 me as a target H4307 for the arrow. H2671
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