Bible Dictionary
Asuppim
Asuppim refers to storehouses or treasury chambers associated with the temple. The term may also denote thresholds or gathering places in related passages.
Definition
Asuppim refers to storehouses or treasury chambers associated with the priests and temple service. In another passage the term is translated “thresholds,” with the marginal possibilities “treasuries” or “assemblies.”
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in descriptions of temple arrangements and service, particularly in connection with the priests’ stores and temple administration.
Historical Background
The translation is uncertain in the passages cited: the Authorized Version gives “storehouse” in one place and “thresholds” in another, while the Revised Version uses “storehouses.”
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1 Chr. 26:15, 17, Authorized Version; but in Revised Version, “storehouse”), properly the house of stores for the priests. In Neh. 12:25 the Authorized Version has “thresholds,” marg. “treasuries” or “assemblies;” Revised Version, “storehouses.”