The Definition of the word Bit

Bit

The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Ps. 32:9 is elsewhere "translated "bridle" (2 Kings 19:28; Prov. 26:3; Isa. 37:29)." "Bits were generally made of bronze or iron, but sometimes also" of gold or silver. In James 3:3 the Authorized Version "translates the Greek word by "bits," but the Revised Version by" bridles.