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Strong's H4201 מְזוּזָה (mezuzah)

mzuwzah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4201 — porkios (“Porcius”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4201
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 17
Books 8

Strong's H4201 Quick Answer

Strong's H4201 מְזוּזָה מְזוּזָה (mzuwzah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mzuwzah (mez-oo-zaw') (or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}) n-f. 1. a door-post (as prominent) [from the same as H2123] It has 17 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include door, doors, posts, and post. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mzuwzah (mez-oo-zaw') (or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}) n-f. 1. a door-post (as prominent) [from the same as H2123]
Usage
17 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
door, doors, posts, and post

Meaning and Definition

mzuwzah (mez-oo-zaw') (or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}) n-f. 1. a door-post (as prominent) [from the same as H2123] KJV: (door, side) post. Root(s): H2123

Original Word
מְזוּזָה מְזוּזָה
Transliteration
mzuwzah
Derivation
First root strongs: 2123
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4201. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4201 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mzuwzah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

door Exodus 12:7 doors Judges 16:3 post 1 Samuel 1:9 posts Deuteronomy 6:9

How Strong's H4201 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4201 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4201 in the Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4201.

Exodus 12:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Judges 16:3 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
Proverbs 8:34 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Isaiah 57:8 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4201, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4201 FAQ

What does mezuzah (מְזוּזָה) mean?

Strong's H4201 is a Hebrew entry for H4201 מְזוּזָה מְזוּזָה (mzuwzah). mzuwzah (mez-oo-zaw') (or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}) n-f. 1. a door-post (as prominent) [from the same as H2123]

How many times is mezuzah (מְזוּזָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H4201 across 8 books.

Where can I study mezuzah (מְזוּזָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4201 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mezuzah (מְזוּזָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as door, doors, posts, and post. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.