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Lexicon :: Strong's H4670 - mip̄tān

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מִפְתָּן
Transliteration
mip̄tān
Pronunciation
mif-tawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as פֶּתֶן (H6620)
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TWOT Reference: 1858b

Strong’s Definitions

מִפְתָּן miphtân, mif-tawn'; from the same as H6620; a stretcher, i.e. a sill:—threshold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4670 in the following manner: threshold (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4670 in the following manner: threshold (8x).

  1. threshold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִפְתָּן miphtân, mif-tawn'; from the same as H6620; a stretcher, i.e. a sill:—threshold.
STRONGS H4670: Abbreviations
† מִפְתָּן noun [masculine] threshold (compare Late Hebrew פָּתִין cross-beam; ? Arabic bdb083703 carpenter;); — absolute מ׳ 1 Samuel 5:4; Zephaniah 1:9; construct מִפְתַּן דָּגוֺן 1 Samuel 5:5, הַבַּיִת מ׳ Ezekiel 9:3; Ezekiel 10:4, 18; Ezekiel 47:1, הַשַּׁצר מ׳ Ezekiel 46:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

5:4; 5:5

Ezekiel

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

Zephaniah

1:9

H4670

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4670 matches the Hebrew מִפְתָּן (mip̄tān),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But when they got up early the next morning, behold, Dagon had [again] fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD, and his head and both palms of his hands were [lying] cut off on the threshold; only the trunk [portion] of [the idol of] Dagon was left on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - This is the reason neither the priests of Dagon nor any who enter Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 -

Then the [[fn]Shekinah] glory and brilliance of the God of Israel (the cloud) [fn]went up from the cherubim on which it had rested, to [stand above] the threshold of the [LORD’S] temple. And the LORD called to the man clothed with linen, who had the scribe’s writing case at his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory and brilliance of the LORD moved upward from the cherubim to [rest over] the threshold of the temple; and the temple was filled with the cloud and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the LORD’S glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:18 -

Then the [Shekinah] glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and rested over the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - “The prince shall enter by the porch (portico) of the gate from outside and stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall prepare and provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship [fn]at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1 -

Then he [my guide] brought me back to the door of the house [the temple of the LORD]; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house (temple) toward the east, for the front of the temple was facing east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 -

“On that day I will also punish all those who [fn]leap over the temple threshold,

Who fill their [pagan] lord’s temple with violence and deceit.

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