מְזוּזָהmᵉzûwzâh
door-post, gate-post
Pronunciation: mez-oo-zaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4201
Meanings
1. of dwelling-house (Exodus 12:7; Exodus 12:22; Exodus 12:23)
2. of house of ׳ י
3. of city-gates (Judges 16:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 12:7 They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
- Exodus 12:22 Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.
- Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down.
- Exodus 21:6 If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.
- Deuteronomy 6:9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
- Deuteronomy 11:20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).