Door-keeper (2 Occurrences)

John 18:17
Then the girl who was the door-keeper said to Peter, Are you not one of this man's disciples? In answer he said, I am not.
(BBE)

Psalms 84:10
For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
(BBE WBS)

O'bed-e'dom (14 Occurrences)

Courses (28 Occurrences)

Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)

Korahites (7 Occurrences)

Divisions (92 Occurrences)

Zechari'ah (51 Occurrences)

Ko'rahites (6 Occurrences)

Teresh (2 Occurrences)

Eunuchs (33 Occurrences)

Eliphelehu (2 Occurrences)

Doorkeeper (8 Occurrences)

Assassinate (3 Occurrences)

Sons (2429 Occurrences)

Xerxes (24 Occurrences)

Body-guard (23 Occurrences)

Elkanah (20 Occurrences)

Benai'ah (43 Occurrences)

Guarded (27 Occurrences)

Ahasuerus (28 Occurrences)

Duties (46 Occurrences)

Ministering (63 Occurrences)

Benaiah (44 Occurrences)

Keepers (78 Occurrences)

Mordecai (52 Occurrences)

Door-keepers (34 Occurrences)

Korah (51 Occurrences)

Books (16 Occurrences)

Hilkijah (30 Occurrences)

Ko're (3 Occurrences)

Kore (4 Occurrences)

Nethaneel (14 Occurrences)

Nethan'el (14 Occurrences)

Nethanel (14 Occurrences)

Unni (3 Occurrences)

Oblations (24 Occurrences)

Jeduthun (15 Occurrences)

Jaaziel (1 Occurrence)

Josh'aphat (2 Occurrences)

Ja-a'ziel (1 Occurrence)

Joshaphat (2 Occurrences)

Jedithun (1 Occurrence)

Jehijah (1 Occurrence)

Jehi'el (12 Occurrences)

Jehi'ah (1 Occurrence)

Jehiah (1 Occurrence)

Je-i'el (11 Occurrences)

Jehiel (17 Occurrences)

Jeiel (13 Occurrences)

Requirement (7 Occurrences)

Registered (21 Occurrences)

Exposed (39 Occurrences)

Elie'zer (14 Occurrences)

Elipheleh (2 Occurrences)

Eliphalehu (2 Occurrences)

Eli'ab (19 Occurrences)

Eliph'elehu (2 Occurrences)

Door-keeper (2 Occurrences)

Division (135 Occurrences)

Mikneiah (2 Occurrences)

Miknei'ah (2 Occurrences)

Mattithiah (8 Occurrences)

Meshelemi'ah (4 Occurrences)

Musical (14 Occurrences)

Mattithi'ah (8 Occurrences)

Ma-asei'ah (23 Occurrences)

Meshelemiah (4 Occurrences)

Maaseiah (25 Occurrences)

Praises (66 Occurrences)

Performing (24 Occurrences)

Berechiah (12 Occurrences)

Bigthan (1 Occurrence)

Bigthana (2 Occurrences)

Caesar's (10 Occurrences)

Amasai (5 Occurrences)

Ama'sai (5 Occurrences)

Associates (26 Occurrences)

Ammiel (6 Occurrences)

Assist (17 Occurrences)

This word is used in Psalm 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.

2377. thuroros -- a doorkeeper
... Short Definition: a door-keeper, porter Definition: a door-keeper, porter. Word
Origin from thura and ouros (a guardian) Definition a doorkeeper NASB Word ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2377.htm - 6k8652. tara -- doorkeeper
... tara. 8653 . doorkeeper. Transliteration: tara Phonetic Spelling: (taw-raw') Short
Definition: doorkeepers. ... porter. (Aramaic) from tra'; a doorkeeper -- porter ...
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466. Eliphelehu -- "may God distinguish him," a doorkeeper
... Eliphelehu. 467 . "may God distinguish him," a doorkeeper. Transliteration:
Eliphelehu Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-fe-lay'-hoo) Short Definition: Eliphelehu. ...
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7778. shoer -- a gatekeeper
... doorkeeper, porter. Or shomer {sho-are'}: active participle of sha'ar (as denominative
from sha'ar); a janitor -- doorkeeper, porter. see HEBREW sha'ar. ...
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5605. saphaph -- to stand at or guard the threshold
... Word Origin denominative verb from saph Definition to stand at or guard the threshold
NASB Word Usage stand at the threshold (1). be a doorkeeper. ...
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5592b. saph -- threshold, sill
... Word Origin from the same as saph Definition threshold, sill NASB Word Usage door
(1), doorkeeper* (1), doorkeepers* (4), gatekeepers* (1), temple (2 ...
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8104. shamar -- to keep, watch, preserve
... careful (32), careful to keep (1), cares (1), charge (4), confine (1), confined
(1), defending (1), did (1), diligently keep (1), doorkeeper* (1), doorkeepers ...
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2929. Talmon -- an Israelite name
... name NASB Word Usage Talmon (5). Talmon. From the same as chargol; oppressive; Talmon,
a temple doorkeeper -- Talmon. see HEBREW chargol. 2928, 2929. ...
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2928. Telem -- an Israelite, also a place in the desert of Judah
... Telem. From an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently; oppression; Telem,
the name of a place in Idumaea, also of a temple doorkeeper -- Telem. ...
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If any Bishop, Presbyter, Deacon, Sub-Deacon, Lector, Cantor, or ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon IV. If any bishop, presbyter, deacon, sub-deacon,
lector, cantor, or door-keeper has had intercourse with a¦ ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon iv if any bishop 2.htm

John Chapter x. 13-Nov
... Among the good, therefore, are the door, the doorkeeper, the shepherd, and the sheep:
among the bad, the thieves and robbers, the hirelings, and the wolf. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xlvi john chapter x.htm

A Lesson in Courtesy
... courteous. This young man was an assistant doorkeeper in the capitol at
Washington. ... way.". "No, I can't," the doorkeeper answered. ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/a lesson in courtesy.htm

Whether There are Seven Orders?
... since (Decretals, Dist. xxi, cap. Cleros) the "psalmist" is reckoned as
the second Order after the doorkeeper. I answer that, Some ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there are seven orders.htm

The Good Shepherd.
... At the doors of the large sheepfolds, where many thousands of sheep are protected,
a porter, or doorkeeper, remains on guard, and this doorkeeper will only ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the good shepherd.htm

John ix. 34-36
... Ver.2-4. "He that entereth in by the door, the same is the shepherd of the sheep;
to him the doorkeeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lix john ix 34-36.htm

Whether the Acts of the Orders are Rightly Assigned in the Text?
... But in opening and shutting doors the doorkeeper has no special power that other
men have not. Therefore this should not be reckoned their act. ...
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Blessed Trust
... The Psalmist goes on"'A day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather
be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/blessed trust.htm

John xviii. 1
... down"? What hath happened then, that thou canst not even endure the questioning
of a door-keeper? Is it a soldier who questions thee? ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxxiii john xviii 1.htm

Book Six Turmoil in the Twenties. ...
... memory of the saints, offerings of porridge, bread, and wine"as had been her custom
in Africa"and she was forbidden to do so by the doorkeeper [ostiarius]. ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book six turmoil in the.htm

Doorkeeper (8 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DOORKEEPER. ... In Psalm 84:10, "I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God," the word is not used in its technical sense. ...
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Door-keeper (2 Occurrences)
Door-keeper. Doorkeeper, Door-keeper. Doorkeepers . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
(BBE WBS). Doorkeeper, Door-keeper. Doorkeepers . Reference Bible.
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Porter (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper;
one who waits at the door to receive messages. ... See DOORKEEPER. ...
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Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)
... In 1 Chronicles 15:16-21 Obed-edom is a "singer," and in 1 Chronicles 15:24 a
"doorkeeper," while according to 1 Chronicles 26:4-8, 15 he is a Korahite ...
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Obededom (15 Occurrences)
... In 1 Chronicles 15:16-21 Obed-edom is a "singer," and in 1 Chronicles 15:24 a
"doorkeeper," while according to 1 Chronicles 26:4-8, 15 he is a Korahite ...
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Port (3 Occurrences)
... For some inscrutable reason the Revised Version (British and American) renders
sho`er by "doorkeeper" in 1 Chronicles 15-26, but not elsewhere. See DOORKEEPER. ...
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Doorkeepers (37 Occurrences)

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Voluntary-offerings (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 31:14 And Kore the son of Jimnah the Levite, the doorkeeper toward
the east, was over the voluntary-offerings of God, to distribute the heave ...
/v/voluntary-offerings.htm - 7k

Zebadiah (9 Occurrences)
... Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)). Compare ZABDI; ZABDIEL:
(1) Levites: (a) a Korahite doorkeeper of David's reign (1 Chronicles 26:2); (b ...
/z/zebadiah.htm - 11k

Kore (4 Occurrences)
... See KORAH, 4. Shallum, Chief doorkeeper in the latest Bible times, is described
as "the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah" (1 Chronicles 9:19 ...
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In biblical times, the role of a door-keeper was one of significant responsibility and trust. The door-keeper, or gatekeeper, was tasked with overseeing the entrance to a building or area, ensuring that only authorized individuals were allowed to enter. This role is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible, highlighting its importance in both religious and social settings.

Old Testament Context

The position of a door-keeper is prominently featured in the context of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Levites, a tribe set apart for religious duties, were often assigned the role of gatekeepers. In 1 Chronicles 9:22-27, the duties of the gatekeepers are described in detail: "All these who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212 in number. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust. So they and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south."

The role of the door-keeper was not merely a ceremonial one; it involved vigilance and dedication. The gatekeepers were responsible for maintaining the sanctity and security of the Temple, ensuring that only those who were ritually clean and authorized could enter. This duty underscored the holiness of the Temple and the need for purity in worship.

Psalms and the Desire for God's Presence

The psalmist expresses a deep longing for the presence of God, even in the humble role of a door-keeper. In Psalm 84:10, the psalmist declares, "For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked." This verse highlights the honor and privilege associated with being close to the presence of God, even in a seemingly lowly position. The door-keeper's role is elevated as a symbol of devotion and the desire to be near the divine.

New Testament References

While the specific term "door-keeper" is not frequently used in the New Testament, the concept of watchfulness and readiness is echoed in Jesus' teachings. In Mark 13:34, Jesus uses the imagery of a doorkeeper in a parable about being prepared for His return: "It is like a man going on a journey, who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch." Here, the door-keeper's role is to remain vigilant, underscoring the importance of spiritual alertness and readiness for the coming of the Lord.

Symbolism and Spiritual Application

The role of a door-keeper carries rich symbolic meaning in the Christian faith. It represents the call to guard one's heart and life against spiritual intrusions and to remain vigilant in faith. The door-keeper's duty to protect the sanctity of the Temple can be seen as a metaphor for the believer's responsibility to maintain purity and holiness in their own life.

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