Strong's #4964: metheg (pronounced meh-theg)

from an unused root meaning to curb; a bit:--bit, bridle.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

metheg

1) bridle

1a) bridle (for animals)

1b) control, authority (figuratively)

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from an unused root meaning to curb

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

2 Kings 19:28: "therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which"
Psalms 32:9: "understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee."
Proverbs 26:3: "A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back."
Isaiah 37:29: "therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which"