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מְזוּזָה H4201

H4201 is the Hebrew word מְזוּזָה, transliterated mᵉzûwzâh and said mez-oo-zaw'. The King James Version most often renders it posts.

Word: מְזוּזָהTransliteration: mᵉzûwzâhSaid: mez-oo-zaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 17 verses

What it means

a door-post (as prominent).

Where it comes from

or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

posts 9×side posts 4×post 3×or unto the door post 1×door posts 1×also and the posts 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (door, side) post.

Verses using מְזוּזָה

All 17 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 12:7 · KJV

And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

Exodus 12:22 · KJV

And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

Exodus 12:23 · KJV

For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

Exodus 21:6 · KJV

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

Deuteronomy 6:9 · KJV

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Deuteronomy 11:20 · KJV

And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

Judges 16:3 · KJV

And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

1 Samuel 1:9 · KJV

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

1 Kings 6:31 · KJV

And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

1 Kings 6:33 · KJV

So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

1 Kings 7:5 · KJV

And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

Proverbs 8:34 · KJV

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Isaiah 57:8 · KJV

Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Ezekiel 41:21 · KJV

The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

Ezekiel 43:8 · KJV

In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.

Ezekiel 45:19 · KJV

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Ezekiel 46:2 · KJV

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 of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4201 mean?

H4201 is the Hebrew word מְזוּזָה (mᵉzûwzâh), meaning a door-post (as prominent).

How is H4201 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it posts (9 times), side posts (4 times), post (3 times), or unto the door post (1 time), door posts (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4201 appear in the Bible?

מְזוּזָה (mᵉzûwzâh) is tagged in 17 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4201 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז).

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