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Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

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)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Threshold

Threshold thresh'-old. ⇒See the definition of thresh in the KJV Dictionary See HOUSE,II , 1, (7).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Threshold

1. In Neh 12=» D"iv?ri -spst (AV 'thresholds of the gates') undoubtedly means • storehouses of the gates' (so RV ; cf. RV 'store- house ' as tr. of c'5j:>!^ n'3 [A V ' house of Asuppira '] in 1 Ch 26'°, and of cspK alone [AV' ' Asuppim '] in v."). The te.\t of the LXX is in this verse defective, but the words ir t v\aKes in 2-'). Id s 84" the pilj^vim declares that he prefers being at the threshold (B irapapnrTeiffSai) in the house of God to dwelling in the tents of wickedness. The other occurrences of 1P are : Ezk 40« ">• ' 41'» "*', 2 Ch 3'. The principal LXX renderings of "JD not noticed above are: re trpiUufc, Jg 1927, 1 K 141', Ezk 43s ; to i^ifUufst, Is K* ; rk T/!iiTt-x«, Am 91 ; t! ii/kitu, Zeph 21-', 2 Ch 3' ; (» ji/ia^c-a.. or «J ifi/XtiO-a-ovTl,-) T,,t ctiki.t, Jer 35 (42)J, or ri. ■«. : Ezk 93 10»- 18 471 ; in 402 and 1 S 6* rpiSupn ; in 1 S S* ^miiM ; in Zeph 1» 9p&Tuy.m. For Trumbull's view (Tlie Threshold Covenant, 303 fr.) of the Passover as a threshold cross-over sacrifice, see art. Passoveu, vol. iii. p. 689. Cf. also art. FOUNDATION. J. A. Selbie. THRONE is OT rend…

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  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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