# threshold

## Related Ideas:

doorway


## Definition:

The term "threshold" refers to the bottom part of a doorway or the part of a building that is just inside the door.

* Sometimes a threshold is a strip of wood or stone that must be stepped over in order to enter a room or building.
* Both a gate and the opening to a tent can also have a threshold.
* This term should be translated with a term in the project language that refers to the place at the very entrance to a home that a person steps across.
* If there is no term for this, "threshold" could also be translated as "doorway" or "opening" or "entranceway," depending on the context.

(See also: [gate](../other/gate.md), [tent](../other/tent.md))

## Picture of Threshold:

<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/t/Threshhold.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/t/Threshhold.png" ></a>

## Bible References:

* [1 Chronicles 09:17-19](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/09/17)
* [Ezekiel 09:03](rc://en/tn/help/ezk/09/03)
* [Isaiah 06:04](rc://en/tn/help/isa/06/04)
* [Proverbs 17:19](rc://en/tn/help/pro/17/19)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H4670, H5592

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

doorways, threshold, thresholds