Çâphaph — H5605

Definition

verb

to wait at the threshold

1. (Hithpoel) to stand at or guard the threshold

Usually translated as

be a doorkeeper

Origin

a primitive root; properly, to snatch away, i.e. terminate; but used only as denominative from H5592 (in the sense of a vestibule),

• Derived from Çaph (H5592)

Occurrences

Çâphaph occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1)

• Psalms 84:10 — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper (הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף) in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.