# H4307 מַטָּרָא

מַטָּרָא (maṭṭârâʼ), Strong’s H4307: a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched) KJV: mark, prison.. Occurs 16 times.

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

KJV: mark, prison.

Derived from [נָטַר nâṭar](https://besorah.bible/word/H5201) (to guard)

Occurs 16 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַטָּרָה and מַטָּרָא n.f. 1. guard, ward, prison. 2. target, mark

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 20:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=20) — I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
- [Jeremiah 32:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=2) — Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of…
- [Jeremiah 32:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=8) — “So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the LORD’s word, and said to me, ‘Please…
- [Jeremiah 32:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=12) — and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel…
- [Jeremiah 33:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/33?v=1) — Moreover the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard…
- [Jeremiah 37:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/37?v=21) — Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf…
- [Jeremiah 38:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=6) — Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard…
- [Jeremiah 38:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=13) — So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of…
- [Jeremiah 38:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=28) — So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
- [Jeremiah 39:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/39?v=14) — sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of…