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Strong's G2374 · Greek

θύρα

thura · thoo'-rah

apparently a primary word (compare "door"); a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

θύρα (G2374)

40 θύρα , -ας, ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for פֶּתַח , also for דַּל , דֶּלֶת , etc.;] a door : κλείειν ( ἀποκ- ) τὴν θ. , Mt 6:6 , Lk 13:25 ; pass., Mt 25:10 , Lk 11:7 , Jo 20:19 , 26 , Ac 21:30 ; ἀνοίγειν , Ac 5:19 ; pass., Ac 16:26 , 27 ; κρούειν , Ac 12:13 ; διὰ τῆς θ. , Jo 10:1 , 2 ; πρὸς τὴν θ. , Mk 1:33 11:4 (WH om. τήν ), Ac 3:2 ; τὰ πρὸς τὴν θ. , the space by the door, Mk 2:2 ; πρὸς τῇ θ. , Jo 18:16 ; ἐπὶ τῇ θ , Ac 5:9 ; πρὸ τῆς θ. , Ac 12:6 ; ἐπὶ τῶν θ. , Ac 5:23 ; ἡ θ. τ. μνημείου , Mt 27:60 , Mk 15:46 16:3 . Metaph., of Christ, ἡ θ. τ. προβάτων , Jo 10:7 , 9 ; of the Kingdom of Heaven, Lk 13:24 ; of opportunities, θ. πίστεως , Ac 14:27 ; θ. μεγάλη , I Co 16:9 ; θ. τ. λόγου , Col 4:3 ; θ. ἀνεῳγμένη ( ἠνεῳγ- ), II Co 2:12 , Re 3:8 4:1 ; of Christ, ἑστηκὼς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. καὶ κρούων , Re 3:20 ; of his second coming, ἐπὶ θύραις εἶναι , Mt 24:33 , Mk 13:29 ; πρὸ θυρῶν ἑστηκέναι , Ja 5:9 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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