Bridle

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 2 Kings 19:28 (a) This is a figure to represent the restraining, guiding and compelling power of GOD in making nations obey His will. (See  Jeremiah 50:9;  Jeremiah 51:7,  Jeremiah 51:11,  Jeremiah 51:20).

 Job 30:11 (a) Perhaps this represents the criticism which Job's friends loosed upon Him without restraining. These friends wanted Job to express himself freely without hindrance, hoping thereby to catch him in his words.

 Job 41:13 (a) If this has a typical meaning, it might refer to GOD's restraining power over both the body and the soul.

 Psalm 39:1 (b) This represents the restraining influence which David brought to bear upon his own mouth in order to prevent him from saying things which should not be said.

 Isaiah 30:28 (a) The bridle represents the power of GOD to make men do His will. He binds men to the choice which they make. The bridle reveals GOD's control over His enemies in making them continue in a path of disobedience. This thought is also found in  Isaiah 66:4 and2Th  2:11.

 Isaiah 37:29 (a) This indicates GOD's warning to Sennacherib that He would take charge of the affairs of this king in such a way that he would be forced to turn away from Jerusalem and return to his own land. GOD's methods, means and plans are referred to as a bridle.

 James 1:26 (a) Men are expected to control and to hold in check the tongue and the talk. No one should speak loosely and carelessly. The speech should always be with grace, seasoned with salt.

 James 3:2 (a) GOD expects that man will control all the notions, desires and motions of the flesh.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

A — 1: Χαλινός (Strong'S #5469 — Noun Masculine — chalinos — khal-ee-nos' )

"a bridle," is used in  James 3:3 (AV, "bits"), and   Revelation 14:20 . "The primitive bridle was simply a loop on the halter-cord passed round the lower jaw of the horse. Hence in  Psalm 32:9 the meaning is bridle and halter" (Hastings, Bib. Dic.).

B — 1: Χαλιναγωγέω (Strong'S #5468 — Verb — chalinagogeo — khal-in-ag-ogue-eh'-o )

from chalinos and ago, "to lead," signifies "to lead by a bridle, to bridle, to hold in check, restrain;" it is used metaphorically of the tongue and of the body in  James 1:26;  3:2 .

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) A mooring hawser.

(2): (n.) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.

(3): (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

(4): (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

(5): (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.

(6): (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

(7): (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.

(8): (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; - usually with up.

King James Dictionary

BRI'DLE, n.

1. The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses. 2. A restraint a curb a check. 3. A short piece of cable well served, attached to a swivel on a chain, laid in a harbor, and the upper end drawn into a ship and secured to the bits. The use is to enable a ship, when moored, to veer with the wind and tide.

Bowline bridles are short legs or pieces of rope, running through iron thimbles,by which the bowline attaches to different places on the leech or edge of a large sail

BRI'DLE, To put on a bridle as, to bridle a horse.

1. To restrain, guide or govern to check, curb or control as, to bridle the passions "to bridle a muse."

Bridle the excursions of youth.

BRI'DLE, To hold up the head, and draw in the chin.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Another word, Re'sen , Was employed to represent a halter or bridle-rein, as used   Psalm 32:9;  Isaiah 30:28 . In  Job 30:11 the restraints of law and humanity are called a bridle.

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bridle'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/bridle.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Isaiah 37:29, "I will put My hook in thy nose and My bridle in thy lips," is illustrated in the Assyrian monuments, which represent captives with bridles attached to rings inserted in their under lip, and held in the hand of the king; some of the captives with short beards, tasseled caps, long tunics, and hosen or boots ( Daniel 3:21), seem in physiognomy Jews, or Israelites of the ten tribes. The king in one representation is thrusting out the captive's eye with a spear, as Zedekiah was treated by Nebuchadnezzar.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Bit

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BRIDLE . See Bit.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(prop רֶסֶן , Re'Sen, a Halter,  Isaiah 30:28; hence generally a Rein,  Psalms 32:9;  Job 30:11; specially the Jaws,  Job 41:5 [13]; also , מֶֹתֶג , me'theg,  2 Kings 19:28;  Proverbs 26:3; Isaiah 27:29; strictly the bit, as rendered in  Psalms 32:9; so Χαλινός ,  Revelation 14:20;  1 Esdras 3:6;  2 Maccabees 10:29; "bit,"  James 3:3; likewise Χαλιναγωγέω , to Curb,  James 1:26;  James 3:2; once מִחְסוֹם , Machsom', a Muzzle,  Psalms 29:2), the headstall and reins by which a rider governs his horse ( Psalms 32:9). In connection with  Isaiah 37:29, it is remarkable to fin