Bit and bridle
Human-made Things in the Bible
The bit was a short bar, usually made of metal, placed in the mouth of a horse. Its ends, which projected from the mouth of the animal, were attached to ropes or leather straps that fitted over the head as the bridle.
How it was used
By pulling on the bridle straps to the right or left, the rider or driver of the wagon could control the actions of the horse.
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
מֶתֶג metheg · 4 verses
רֶסֶן resen · 3 verses
χαλινός chalinos · 2 verses
χρυσοχάλινος chrusochalinos · 2 verses
κόσμος kosmos · 1 verse
σαγή sagē · 1 verse
Also in Animal husbandry
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema