hinge, secret participle

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The only hinges handed down from antiquity are pivots projecting above and below the door, on which the door turned. In the temple the hinges were of gold, and may have been of this description (1 Kings 7:5050And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. (1 Kings 7:50); Prov. 26:1414As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. (Proverbs 26:14)). In ancient existing houses with stone doors the hinges are stone projections at the top and bottom of the doors.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Transliteration:
poth
Phonic:
pohth
Meaning:
or pothah (Ezek. 13:19) {po-thaw'}; from an unused root meaning to open; a hole, i.e. hinge or the female pudenda
KJV Usage:
hinge, secret participle