Threshold

Threshold - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(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."

thresh'-old.

See HOUSE, II, 1, (7).

Definition

The term “threshold” refers to the bottom part of a doorway or the part of a building that is just inside the door.

• Sometimes a threshold is a strip of wood or stone that must be stepped over in order to enter a room or building.
• Both a gate and the opening to a tent can also have a threshold.
• This term should be translated with a term in the project language that refers to the place at the very entrance to a home that a person steps across.
• If there is no term for this, “threshold” could also be translated as “doorway” or “opening” or “entranceway,” depending on the context.

(See also: gate, tent)

Bible References

• 1 Chronicles 9:17-19
• Ezekiel 9:3
• Isaiah 6:4
• Proverbs 17:19

Word Data

• Strong’s: H4670, H5592