5605 - saphaph

Strong's Concordance

Original word: סָפַף
Transliteration: saphaph
Definition (short): threshold
Definition (full): to stand at or guard the threshold

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: denominative verb from saph
Definition: to stand at or guard the threshold
NASB Translation: stand at the threshold (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; properly, to snatch away, i.e. Terminate; but used only as denominative from caph (in the sense of a vestibule), to wait at the threshold -- be a doorkeeper.

see HEBREW caph

References

Strong's 5605: 1 Occurrences
KJV: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
NASB: For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.