Threshold
עָבStrong’s H5646av
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Av is the Hebrew word usually translated “threshold”, “threshold of” and “thresholds”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.”
Meaning
- An architectural termmeaning uncertain; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, threshold
How it's translated
- and a threshold 1
- and a threshold of 1
- and the thresholds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- 1 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 41:25And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
- Ezekiel 41:26And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
Hebrew dictionary
עָב av · threshold
1) an architectural term 1a) meaning uncertain; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, 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.