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Lexicon :: Strong's G2374 - thyra

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θύρα
Transliteration
thyra (Key)
Pronunciation
thoo'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word [cf "door"]
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:173,340

Strong’s Definitions

θύρα thýra, thoo'-rah; apparently a primary word (compare "door"); a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively):—door, gate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's G2374 in the following manner: door (38x), gate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's G2374 in the following manner: door (38x), gate (1x).

  1. a door

    1. the vestibule

    2. used of any opening like a door, an entrance, way or passage into

    3. in a parable or metaphor

      1. the door through which sheep go in and out, the name of him who brings salvation to those who follow his guidance

      2. "an open door" is used of the opportunity of doing something

      3. the door of the kingdom of heaven (likened to a palace) denotes the conditions which must be complied with in order to be received into the kingdom of God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θύρα thýra, thoo'-rah; apparently a primary word (compare "door"); a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively):—door, gate.
STRONGS G2374:
θύρα, θύρας, ἡ (from θύω to rush in, properly, that through which a rush is made; hence, German Thür (English door; Curtius, § 319)) (from Homer down), the Sept. for דֶּלֶת and פֶּתַח, sometimes also for שַׁעַר; a (house) door; (in plural equivalent to Latin fores, folding doors; cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 24 (21); cf. πύλη);
a. properly: κλείειν, etc. τήν θύραν, Matthew 6:6; Luke 13:25; passive, Matthew 25:10; Luke 11:7; John 20:19, 26; Acts 21:30; ἀνοίγειν, Acts 5:19; passive Acts 16:26f; κρούειν, Acts 12:13; διά τῆς θυρης, John 10:1f; πρός τήν θύραν, Mark 1:33; Mark 11:4 (Tr WH omit τήν; cf. Winer's Grammar, 123 (116)); Acts 3:2; τά πρός τήν θύραν the vestibule (so Buttmann, § 125, 9; others the space or parts at (near) the door), Mark 2:2; πρός τῇ θύρα John 18:16; ἐπί τῇ θύρα, Acts 5:9; πρό τῆς θύρας, Acts 12:6; ἐπί τῶν θυρῶν, Acts 5:23 (R G πρό).
b. θύρα is used of any opening like a door, an entrance, way or passage into: ἡ θύρα τοῦ μνημείου, of the tomb, Matthew 27:60; Matthew 28:2 R G; Mark 15:46; Mark 16:3, (Homer, Odyssey 9, 243; 12, 256; others).
c. in parable and metaphorically, we find
α. ἡ θύρα τῶν προβάτων, the door through which the sheep go out and in, the name of him who brings salvation to those who follow his guidance, John 10:7, 9; cf. Christ. From Fritzsche in Fritzschiorum opuscc., p. 20ff; (in Ignatius ad Philad. 9 [ET] Christ is called ἡ θύρα τοῦ πατρός, δἰ ἧς ἐισερχονται Ἀβραάμ... καί οἱ προφῆται; cf. Harnack on Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 48, 3f [ET]).
β. 'an open door' is used of the opportunity of doing something: τῆς πίστεως, of getting faith, Acts 14:27; open to a teacher, i. e. the opportunity of teaching others, 2 Corinthians 2:12; Colossians 4:3; by a bold combination of metaphor and literal language, the phrase θύρα μεγάλη καί ἐνεργής (A. V. a great door and effectual) is used of a large opportunity of teaching a great multitude the way of salvation, and one encouraging the hope of the most successful results: 1 Corinthians 16:9.
γ. the door of the kingdom of heaven (likened to a palace) denotes the conditions which must be complied with in order to be received into the kingdom of God: Luke 13:24 (for Rec. πύλης); power of entering, access into, God's eternal kingdom, Revelation 3:8 cf. Revelation 3:7 (but others besides; add here Revelation 4:1).
δ. he whose advent is just at hand is said ἐπί θύραις εἶναι, Matthew 24:33; Mark 13:29, and πρό θυρῶν ἑστηκεναι, James 5:9.
ε. ἑστηκώς ἐπί τήν θύραν καί κρούων is said of Christ seeking entrance into souls, and they who comply with his entreaty are said ἀνοίγειν τήν θύραν, Revelation 3:20.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:6; 24:33; 25:10; 27:60; 28:2
Mark
1:33; 2:2; 11:4; 13:29; 15:46; 16:3
Luke
11:7; 13:24; 13:25
John
10:1; 10:7; 10:9; 18:16; 20:19; 20:26
Acts
3:2; 5:9; 5:19; 5:23; 12:6; 12:13; 14:27; 16:26; 21:30
1 Corinthians
16:9
2 Corinthians
2:12
Colossians
4:3
James
5:9
Revelation
3:7; 3:8; 3:20; 4:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2374 matches the Greek θύρα (thyra),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in 'Neh' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:6 - Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Gate of Yeshanah.[fn] They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits[fn] of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:14 - Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired[fn] another section from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes.”
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