Çaph — H5592

H5592 · Hebrew — סף

Pronunciation: saf

Definition

masculine noun

a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)

  1. a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl
    1. basin, goblet
  2. threshold, sill
    1. threshold, sill, door-keeper

Usually translated as

door, threshold, cup, bason, bowl, gate, post

Origin

from H5605, in its original sense of containing

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Çaph occurs 32 times in 28 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Esther (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (4), Amos (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C