Category:Threshold

Thresh"old, n. Etym: [oe. threswold, þreshwold, as. þrescwald, Þerscwald, þerscold, þrescold, fr. þrescan, þerscan, to thresh; akin To icel. þreskjöde, þröskuldr, sw. tröskel, dan. tærskel. See Thrash.]

1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, Especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the Doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; Outset; as, the threshold of life.

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Threshold - (1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Samuel 5:4, 1 Samuel 5:5; Ezekiel 9:3; Ezekiel 10:4, Ezekiel 10:18; Ezekiel 46:2; Ezekiel 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Nehemiah 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Category:Version. In 1 Chronicles 26:15, 1 Chronicles 26:17 the Authorized Category:Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Category:Version it is translated "storehouses."