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In biblical contexts, it can denote both physical and metaphorical transitions, marking a place of passage or change.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, thresholds held significant symbolic meaning. They were often considered sacred spaces, representing the transition from one realm to another. In some traditions, thresholds were places of protection, where deities or household gods were invoked to guard the entrance. The threshold could also symbolize a covenant or agreement, as crossing it might imply entering into a new relationship or commitment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/6620.htm">pethen</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>threshold<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>threshold (8).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מִפְתָּן</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>threshold</b></font> (compare Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">מָּתִין</font> <em>cross-beam</em>; ? Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb083703.gif"> <em>carpenter</em>;); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/5-4.htm">1 Samuel 5:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">מִפְתַּן דָּגוֺן</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/5-5.htm">1 Samuel 5:5</a>, <font class="hebrew2">הַבַּיִת</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/9-3.htm">Ezekiel 9:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-4.htm">Ezekiel 10:4,18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Ezekiel 47:1</a>, <font class="hebrew2">הַשַּׁצר</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Ezekiel 46:2</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>threshold <p>From the same as <a href="/hebrew/6620.htm">pethen</a>; a stretcher, i.e. A sill -- threshold. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6620.htm">pethen</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַמִּפְתָּ֔ן הַמִּפְתָּ֖ן המפתן מִפְתַּ֣ן מִפְתַּ֤ן מִפְתַּ֥ן מפתן ham·mip̄·tān hammifTan hammip̄tān mifTan mip̄·tan mip̄tan<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/5-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 5:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כְּרֻתוֹת֙ אֶל־ <b> הַמִּפְתָּ֔ן </b> רַ֥ק דָּג֖וֹן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [were] cut off <span class="itali">on the threshold;</span> only<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [were] cut off <span class="itali">upon the threshold;</span> only [the stump of] Dagon<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/5-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cut on <span class="itali">the threshold</span> but of Dagon<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 5:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דָּג֛וֹן עַל־ <b> מִפְתַּ֥ן </b> דָּג֖וֹן בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> tread <span class="itali">on the threshold</span> of Dagon<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> tread <span class="itali">on the threshold</span> of Dagon<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/5-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Dagon's on <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of Dagon Ashdod<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 9:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָלָ֔יו אֶ֖ל <b> מִפְתַּ֣ן </b> הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּקְרָ֗א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it had been, <span class="itali">to the threshold</span> of the temple.<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the cherub, <span class="itali">whereupon he was, to the threshold</span> of the house.<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and to <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of the temple called<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 10:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַכְּר֔וּב עַ֖ל <b> מִפְתַּ֣ן </b> הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּמָּלֵ֤א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up from the cherub <span class="itali">to the threshold</span> of the temple,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the cherub, <span class="itali">[and stood] over the threshold</span> of the house;<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the cherub unto <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of the temple was filled<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/10-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 10:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל <b> מִפְתַּ֣ן </b> הַבָּ֑יִת וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> departed <span class="itali">from the threshold</span> of the temple<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> departed <span class="itali">from off the threshold</span> of the house,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/10-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the LORD over <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of the temple and stood<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/46-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 46:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/46.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוָ֛ה עַל־ <b> מִפְתַּ֥ן </b> הַשַּׁ֖עַר וְיָצָ֑א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/46.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and he shall worship <span class="itali">at the threshold</span> of the gate<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/46.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and he shall worship <span class="itali">at the threshold</span> of the gate:<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/46-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> shall worship at <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of the gate go<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/47-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 47:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/47.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יֹצְאִ֗ים מִתַּ֨חַת <b> מִפְתַּ֤ן </b> הַבַּ֙יִת֙ קָדִ֔ימָה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/47.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from under <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of the house<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/47.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> issued out <span class="itali">from under the threshold</span> of the house<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/47-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was flowing under <span class="itali">the threshold</span> of the house the east<p><b><a href="/text/zephaniah/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zephaniah 1:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַדּוֹלֵ֛ג עַל־ <b> הַמִּפְתָּ֖ן </b> בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zephaniah/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who leap <span class="itali">on the [temple] threshold,</span> Who fill<br><a href="/kjvs/zephaniah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all those that leap <span class="itali">on the threshold,</span> which fill<br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> leap on <span class="itali">the threshold</span> day Who<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4670.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4670.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4670<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hammiftan_4670.htm">ham·mip̄·tān — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/miftan_4670.htm">mip̄·tan — 6 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table 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