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# doorkeeper

noun (doorkeeper, doorkeepers)

«doorkeeper» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorkeeper/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, the doorkeeper is a servant or guard who decides who may enter a palace, house or temple.

### Examples

- The doorkeeper asked for our tickets before we went in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorkeeper/#x1)
- Only the king's friends could pass the doorkeeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorkeeper/#x2)
- The doorkeeper locked the gate at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorkeeper/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

A Levite who guarded the gates of the Temple and kept out what was unclean. It was an honored, sacred job that David organized into groups.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says even humble Temple jobs were holy service; Psalm 84 says it is better to be a doorkeeper in God's house than to live in the tents of wickedness.

### Examples

- For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. (Writings 1CH.26.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x1)
- These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. (Writings 1CH.26.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x2)
- and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.' (Writings 1CH.23.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doorkeeper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorkeeper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doorkeeper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorkeeper.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «doorkeeper» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doorkeeper» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/doorkeeper.html) on Mova free.