Bible Dictionary

Threshold

(1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4, 5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4, 18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered “door” and “door-post.” (2.) ‘Asuppim, pl. (N…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

) ‘Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly “storehouses” in the Revised Version.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

Of the two words so rendered is the Authorized Version, one, miphthan, seems to mean sometimes a projecting beam or corbel.