Occurrences
Miphtân occurs 8 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2), Ezekiel (5), Zephaniah (1)
- 1 Samuel 5:4 — And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold (הַמִּפְתָּ֔ן); only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
- 1 Samuel 5:5 — Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold (מִפְתַּ֥ן) of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
- Ezekiel 9:3 — And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold (מִפְתַּ֣ן) of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;
- Ezekiel 10:4 — Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold (מִפְתַּ֣ן) of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
- Ezekiel 10:18 — Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold (מִפְתַּ֣ן) of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
- 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 offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold (מִפְתַּ֥ן) of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezekiel 47:1 — Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold (מִפְתַּ֤ן) of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
- Zephaniah 1:9 — In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold (הַמִּפְתָּ֖ן), which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.