# מַטָּרָא (matara)

Israeli respelling: ma-ta-ra. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4307. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)

King James renderings: mark, prison.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matara-h4307

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/20) — And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
- [Nehemiah 3:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 cour…
- [Nehemiah 12:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Job 16:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 k…
- [Jeremiah 32:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 pra…
- [Jeremiah 32:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 33:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/1) — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
- [Jeremiah 37:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 38:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 38:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, tha…
- [Jeremiah 39:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/39/15) — Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
- [Lamentations 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/12) — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.