סַף saph

Hebrew word for “threshold” · Strong’s H5592 · used 32 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) threshold, sill; 1a) threshold, sill, door-keeper

Senses in the lexicon

• threshold (25)
• basin (7)

How it is translated

Glosses given for saph in context, with how often each is used:

• threshold 17
• thresholds 7
• basins 4
• basin 3
• will be on the threshold 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 12 (2), 1 Chronicles 9 (2), Jeremiah 52 (2), Ezekiel 40 (2), Exodus 12 (1), Judges 19 (1), 2 Samuel 17 (1), 1 Kings 7 (1), 1 Kings 14 (1), 2 Kings 22 (1)

Forms

• הסף 11
• הספים 7
• בסף 4
• סף 3
• בספים 1
• וסף 1
• ספם 1
• ספי 1
• וספות 1
• והספות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with saph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 10
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 7
• אֵצֶל etsel “beside” 4
• דֶּלֶת delet “door” 4
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 5
• חִלְקִיָּהוּ chilqiyyah “Hilkiah” 3
• מִזְרָק mizraq “bowl” 3
• טַבָּח tabbach “guard” 3
• מִשְׁנֶה mishneh “second” 3
• תֶּרֶשׁ teresh “Teresh” 2
• בִּגְתָן bigtan “Bigthan” 2
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 4

Key verses

The verses using saph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 2 Kings 22:4 — Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the…
• 2 Kings 23:4 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD…
• 2 Kings 25:18 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
• 1 Chronicles 9:22 — All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and…
• 2 Chronicles 34:9 — And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had…
• Jeremiah 35:4 — And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the…
• Jeremiah 52:24 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
• Ezekiel 40:6 — Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and…
• Ezekiel 40:7 — And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of…
• Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will…
• Zechariah 12:2 — Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

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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.