θύρα

G2374 G:N-F

door

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