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.

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

Also in Door, doorway

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema