מְזוּזָה mezuzah
Hebrew word for “doorpost” · Strong’s H4201 · used 19 times in 17 verses
Meaning
doorpost, gatepost
How it is translated
Glosses given for mezuzah in context, with how often each is used:
- doorposts 10
- doorpost 9
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 12 (3), 1 Kings 6 (2), Exodus 21 (1), Deuteronomy 6 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Judges 16 (1), 1 Samuel 1 (1), 1 Kings 7 (1), Proverbs 8 (1), Isaiah 57 (1)
Forms
- מזוזת 7
- המזוזת 3
- מזוזות 3
- המזוזה 1
- המזוזות 1
- והמזוזות 1
- והמזוזה 1
- ומזוזתם 1
- מזוזתי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mezuzah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 6
- דֶּלֶת delet “door” 5
- מַשְׁקוֹף mashqoph “lintel” 3
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 5
- דָּם dam “blood” 4
- הֵיכָל hekhal “temple” 3
- רָבַע rava “to square” 2
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 4
- סַף saph “threshold” 2
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 3
- אֵת et “with” 3
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 2
Key verses
The verses using mezuzah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 12:7 — And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
- Exodus 12:22 — And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the…
- Exodus 12:23 — For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the…
- Exodus 21:6 — Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an…
- Deuteronomy 6:9 — And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- 1 Samuel 1:9 — So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:31 — And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
- Proverbs 8:34 — Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
- Isaiah 57:8 — Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged…
- Ezekiel 43:8 — In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by…
- Ezekiel 45:19 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and…
- Ezekiel 46:2 — And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt…
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.