The upright part of a door frame marking the entrance to a building, sometimes including the horizontal elements.
About Doorpost
Entrances such as doorways and gateways were rectangular. The two sides of the doorway were sometimes lined with wood, to which the hinges of the door could be attached. The doorposts were these side poles of the doorway. They also served to support the structure above the doorway.
Key References
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
All Scripture References (17)
Exodus (4)
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
Deuteronomy (2)
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
Judges (1)
But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
1 Samuel (1)
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
1 Kings (3)
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
Proverbs (1)
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Isaiah (1)
Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
Ezekiel (4)
The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.