Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4201
מְזוּזָה
mezuzahmez-oo-zaw'
doorpost
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉzûwzâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4201is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4201
a door-post (as prominent)
The King James renders it: (door, side) post.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mezuzah is rendered "doorpost". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:7They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
Exodus 12:7הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- doorposts of5
- doorpost of4
- the doorposts4
- a doorpost of1
- and doorpost their1
- and the doorpost1
- and the doorposts1
- doorpost my1
- the doorpost1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מְזוּזַ֣ת3
- מְזוּזֹ֥ת2
- הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה1
- הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת1
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת1
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֔ת1
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֑ת1
- וְהַמְּזוּזָ֔ה1
- וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת1
- וּמְזֽוּזָתָם֙1
- מְזוּז֥וֹת1
- מְזוּז֖וֹת1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfpc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural4HTd/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Exodus
four uses
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֖תhamezuzotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the doorposts
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֔תhamezuzotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the doorposts
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- הַמְּזוּזֹ֑תhamezuzotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the doorposts
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
- הַמְּזוּזָ֑הhamezuzahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the doorpost
Deuteronomy
two uses
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
- מְזוּזֹ֥תmezuzotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorposts of
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
- מְזוּז֥וֹתmezuzotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorposts of
Judges
one use
But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
- הַמְּזוּז֔וֹתhamezuzotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the doorposts
1 Samuel
one use
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
- מְזוּזַ֖תmezuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorpost of
1 Kings
three uses
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
- מְזוּז֖וֹתmezuzotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorposts of
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
- מְזוּז֣וֹתmezuzotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorposts of
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
- וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹתvehamezuzotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the doorposts
Proverbs
one use
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
- מְזוּזֹ֥תmezuzotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorposts of
Isaiah
one use
Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
- וְהַמְּזוּזָ֔הvehamezuzahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the doorpost
Ezekiel
six uses
The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
- מְזוּזַ֣תmezuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a doorpost of
When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
- וּמְזֽוּזָתָם֙umezuzatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and doorpost their
- מְזוּזָתִ֔יmezuzatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: doorpost my
And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
- מְזוּזַ֣תmezuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorpost of
- מְזוּזַ֔תmezuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorpost of
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
- מְזוּזַ֣תmezuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: doorpost of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.