metago describes directing the movement of a horse’s body or a ship by a bridle or rudder.

The attested use describes directing or changing the course of something large through a controlling instrument: a horse’s whole body by a bridle and ships by a small rudder.

1. Directing a body or vessel’s course · dominant

   In James 3:3, the present active plural form occurs in the comparison of bridles placed in horses’ mouths; the APB renders the result as turning their whole body. In James 3:4, the present passive singular form occurs of large ships under strong winds, which the APB renders as being turned by a very small rudder wherever the steersman’s impulse directs.

   James 3:3James 3:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across James 3:3 and James 3:4, the APB uses forms of “turn” for the horse’s body and for ships. This reflects the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.