HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4670
מִפְתָּן
miph.tan — threshold
threshold
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Threshold
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5646
עָב
av — threshold
1) an architectural term 1a) meaning uncertain; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, threshold
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21339
χελωνίς
chelōnis — threshold
threshold
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G952
βέβηλος
bebēlos — profane
βέβηλος, -ον (βαίνω, whence βηλός, a threshold), [in LXX chiefly for חֹל ;] 1. permitted to be trodden, accessible (see DCG, ii, 422b); hence, 2. (opposite to ἱερός) unhallowed, profane: of things, 1Ti.4:7 6:20, 2Ti.2:16; of men, 1Ti.1:9, Heb.12:16 (cf. κοινός; Cremer, 140). † (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H624
אָסֹף
a.suph — storehouse
1) what is gathered, store, storing, storehouse 2) (CLBL) threshold (metonomy)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5598
סִפַּי
sip.pay — Sippai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.18; son of: Rapha (H7497A); brother of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430) , Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A); also called Sippai at 1Ch.20.4; Another name of saph (סַף "Saph" H5593) § Sippai = "threshold" one of the sons of the Philistine giant slain by Sibbechai the Hushathite
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5605
סָפַף
sa.phaph — to stand
(Hithpoel) to stand at or guard the threshold
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8895
πρόθυρον
prothuron — a threshold
1. the front-door, the door leading from the αὐλή, (Homer); also in plural, (Homer) 2. the space before a door , a kind of porch or verandah , Lat. vestibulum, (Odyssey by Homer), attic 3. metaphorically, Κόρινθος πρόθυρον Ποτειδᾶνος (Pindar); πρόθυρα ἀρετῆς (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4, 5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4, 18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered “door” and “door-post.” (2.) ‘Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly “storehouses” in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated “storehouses.”
Scripture references
1 Samuel 5:41 Samuel 5:5Ezekiel 9:3Ezekiel 10:4Ezekiel 10:18Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 47:1Nehemiah 12:251 Chronicles 26:151 Chronicles 26:17
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.