H4670 - מִפְתָּן (miphtân)

H4670 מִפְתָּן (miphtân) mif-tawn'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

threshold

Strong's Definition

a stretcher, i.e. a sill

Derivation: from the same as H6620 (פֶּתֶן);

KJV Usage: threshold.

TWOT Reference: 1858b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) threshold

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G898

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

threshold

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִפְתָּן miphtân BDB Definition: 1) threshold Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H6620 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1858b Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (8)

5:4 5:5

9:3 10:4 10:18 46:2 47:1

1:9

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....

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.

Ezekiel 10:18

Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

Ezekiel 46:2

The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost..., while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.

Ezekiel 47:1

Then [the man] brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

Zephaniah 1:9

On that day I will punish all who leap... over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.