Door-keeper - Biblical Meaning of door-keeper in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Door-keeper
This word is used in Ps. 84:10 (R.V. marg., "stand at the threshold of," etc.), but there it signifies properly "sitting at the threshold in the house of God." The psalmist means that he would rather stand at the door of God's house and merely look in, than dwell in houses where iniquity prevailed. Persons were appointed to keep the street door leading into the interior of the house (John 18:16, 17; Acts 12:13). Sometimes females held this post. Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'door-keeper' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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