H5605: סָפַף
çâphaph · pronounced saw-faf' · “to stand”
Definition
to wait at the threshold
KJV translates it as: be a doorkeeper.
Word origin: a primitive root; properly, to snatch away, i.e. terminate; but used only as denominative from H5592 (סַף) (in the sense of a vestibule),
Extended definition
(Hithpoel) to stand at or guard the threshold
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5605 is translated
- to stand at the threshold ×1
Bible verses with H5605 (çâphaph)
Çâphaph appears in 1 verse.
- Psalms 84:10
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.