Bible Dictionary
Door-keeper
A door-keeper was a person stationed at the entrance of a house or sacred place. The term can also describe the humble position of standing at the threshold of God’s house.
Definition
A door-keeper was a person stationed at the entrance of a house or other building. The term may also describe one who sits or stands at the threshold of God’s house.
Biblical Usage
The psalmist expresses willingness to remain at the threshold of God’s house rather than dwell among iniquity. Door-keepers also appear at household entrances in the New Testament.
Historical Background
Persons were appointed to guard street doors leading into the interior of houses, and women sometimes held this position.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
This word is used in Ps. 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.