A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology; . dlebefore me, the reference is to a horse or mule thathas slijit off the halter with which he was tied, andis frisking aliout in the rough glee of discoveredfreedom. Such had become the behaviour of the BITHIAH BITTER, BITTEKNESS 303 rabble before Job. So in Is 30^, instead of abridle in the jaws of the people, read a halter onthe jaws of the peoples (c-sv ;n^ Si |e-i). 2. jn; metlieg; xoXii/is (2 K 19*», Pr 26, Is 37*,Ja 3 itV, Rev 14*) is a bridle, which includes thebit, as the
A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology; . dlebefore me, the reference is to a horse or mule thathas slijit off the halter with which he was tied, andis frisking aliout in the rough glee of discoveredfreedom. Such had become the behaviour of the BITHIAH BITTER, BITTEKNESS 303 rabble before Job. So in Is 30^, instead of abridle in the jaws of the people, read a halter onthe jaws of the peoples (c-sv ;n^ Si |e-i). 2. jn; metlieg; xoXii/is (2 K 19*», Pr 26, Is 37*,Ja 3 itV, Rev 14*) is a bridle, which includes thebit, as the primitive bridle was simply a loop onthe halter-cord jiassed round the lower jaw of thehorse. Uence in Is 32 KV, whose trappings mustbe bit and bridle, the meaning is rather bridleand halter, as the two means of holding them Psalmist had been speaking of willing servicethat only needed a directing eye, and the contrastis to the disinclination of the horse and mule thatneeded bridle and lialter to bring them near. 3. ctr- , is a muzzle. Hence, I willkeep my mouth with a bridle (Ps 39) should. MODBRM sraiAM MUZZLB. clearly be with a muzzle, as in liVm. To lose thedistinction is here to lose the meaning, which isenforced silence. A bridle is not to kee|> ahorse from biting. The muzzle is the basket ofrope network that was not to be |)ut on the o.\cnof the threshinglloor, but must be put over themouth of the horse, mule, or donkey that bites itscompanions, the other baggage-animals, and causesdisarrangement of their loads. G. M. Mackie. BITHIAH ( daughter, worshipper, ofJ).—The daughter of a Pharaoh, who becamethe wife of Mercd, a descendant of Jmlah (1 Ch4). Whether Pharaoh is to be taken here aa theEprp. royal title or as a Ileb. proper name, it isdifficult to determine. The name li. may indicateone who had become a convert to the worship ofJ, which would favour the first sujiposition (butLXX 15 reads ItXid). If the other wife of Mered isdi
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