H4201 - מְזוּזָה (mᵉzûwzâh)

H4201 מְזוּזָה (mᵉzûwzâh) mez-oo-zaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

doorpost

Strong's Definition

a door-post (as prominent)

Derivation: or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז);

KJV Usage: (door, side) post.

TWOT Reference: 535b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) doorpost, gatepost

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G380 G4745

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

doorpost, gatepost

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְזֻזָה / מְזוּזָה mezûzâh BDB Definition: 1) doorpost, gatepost Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H2123 Same Word by TWOT Number: 535b Total KJV Occurrences: 21

Bible Occurrences (17)

12:7 12:22 12:23 21:6

6:9 11:20

16:3

1:9

6:31 6:33 7:5

8:34

57:8

41:21 43:8 45:19 46:2

Exodus 12:7

They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat [the lambs].

Exodus 12:22

Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None... of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

Exodus 12:23

When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter... your houses and strike you down.

Exodus 21:6

then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or... doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

Deuteronomy 6:9

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 11:20

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

Judges 16:3

But Samson lay there only until midnight..., when he got up -, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put [them] on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking... Hebron.

1 Samuel 1:9

So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up.... Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.