Threshold
מִפְתָּןStrong’s H4670miphtan (miph-tan)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Miphtan is the Hebrew word usually translated “threshold of” and “threshold”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.”
Meaning
- Threshold
How it's translated
- threshold of 6
- the threshold 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
- 1 Samuel 2
- Zephaniah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 5:5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
- Ezekiel 9:3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;
- Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
- Ezekiel 10:18Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
- Ezekiel 46:2And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezekiel 47:1Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Hebrew dictionary
מִפְתָּן miphtan · threshold
threshold
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.