סָפַף
çâphaph(saw-faf')
“to wait at the threshold”
1 occurrenceOld TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to wait at the threshold
Translated in KJV as
be a doorkeeper.
Etymology
a primitive root; properly, to snatch away, i.e. terminate; but used only as denominative from H5592 (סַף) (in the sense of a vestibule),
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“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.”