θύρα thura

Greek word for “door” · Strong’s G2374 · used 39 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

θύρα, -ας, ἡ; a door: κλείειν (ἀποκ-) τὴν θ.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for thura in context, with how often each is used:

• door 28
• doors 10
• gate 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 10 (4), Acts 5 (3), Luke 13 (2), John 20 (2), Acts 12 (2), Acts 16 (2), Revelation 3 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Matthew 25 (1)

Forms

• θύραν 14
• θύρας 8
• θύρα 6
• θυρῶν 4
• θύρᾳ 3
• θύραις 2
• θύραι 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thura more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 12
• κλείω kleiō “to shut” 8
• ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 7
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 7
• κρούω krouō “to knock” 3
• ἔξω exō “out/outside(r)” 4
• ἰδού idou “look!” 5
• μετά meta “with/after” 6
• λατομέω latomeō “to hew” 2
• προσκυλίω proskuliō “to roll before” 2
• μνημεῖον mnēmeion “grave” 3
• πρόβατον probaton “sheep” 3

Key verses

The verses using thura that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
• Luke 13:25 — When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open…
• John 10:1 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
• John 10:9 — I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
• John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and…
• Acts 5:9 — Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at…
• Acts 14:27 — And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the…
• Colossians 4:3 — Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
• James 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• Revelation 3:8 — I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not…
• Revelation 3:20 — Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
• Revelation 4:1 — After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.