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Threshold

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Threshold. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.Heb.
  2. 2.‘Asuppim, pl.

  1. Threshold (1)

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    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. Threshold (2)

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    ‘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.”

Also from Smith's (1884) +

Of the two words so rendered is the Authorized Version, one, miphthan, seems to mean sometimes a projecting beam or corbel. (Ezekiel 9:3; 10:4,18)

In the Bible

16

Verses where Threshold is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Kings 14:17

    Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

  • 1 Samuel 5:4

    But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

  • 1 Samuel 5:5

    That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.

  • 2 Kings 12:9

    Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

  • Ezekiel 9:3

    Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

  • Ezekiel 10:4

    Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

+10 more verses naming Threshold.

Scripture on Threshold

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Threshold references

2

Voices on Threshold

1

Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.

The Evidential THRESHOLD for Resurrection Belief - Gary Habermas15:16
Gary Habermas

The Evidential THRESHOLD for Resurrection Belief - Gary Habermas

Gary Habermas

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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