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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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  • Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Samuel 5:4,5; Ezekiel 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1 ); also rendered "door" and "door-post."

  • 'Asuppim, pl. (Nehemiah 12:25 ), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chronicles 26:15,17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Threshold'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​t/threshold.html. 1897.
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