Strong's H4201 · Hebrew
מְזוּזָה
mᵉzûwzâh · /mez-oo-zaw'/
Definition
a door-post (as prominent)
KJV: (door, side) post.
Root / derivation: or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered מְזוּזָה across 17 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
17 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus4 verses
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 12:22And 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 12:23For 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 21:6Then 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.
Deuteronomy2 verses
1 Kings3 verses
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. a fifth: or, fivesquare
1 Kings 6:33So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. a fourth: or, foursquare
1 Kings 7:5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. doors: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect
Proverbs1 verse
Ezekiel4 verses
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. posts: Heb. post
Ezekiel 43:8In 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. and the: or, for there was but a wall between me and them
Ezekiel 45:19And 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 46:2And 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H4201 (mᵉzûwzâh) mean?
a door-post (as prominent)
How many times does H4201 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H4201 (מְזוּזָה) appears in 17 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “posts.”
How is mᵉzûwzâh translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H4201 is rendered as “posts” (15×), “post” (4×).
Where does the Hebrew word מְזוּזָה come from?
or מְזֻזָה; from the same as H2123 (זִיז);