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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2377 - θυρωρός

Transliteration

thyrōrós

Phonetics

Thoo-ro-ros'

Origin

from (G2374) and ouros (a watcher)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a doorkeeper, porter
1. a male or female janitor

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6486 ‑ פְּקֻדָּה (pek‑ood‑daw'); 7778 ‑ שֹׁעֵר (sho‑are', sho‑are');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Mark 1

John 3

BSB (4)

Mark 1

John 3

CSB (4)

Mark 1

John 3

ESV (4)

Mark 1

John 3

KJV (4)

Mark 1

John 3

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

Mark 1

John 4

N95 (5)

Mark 1

John 4

NAS (4)

Mark 1

John 4

NLT (4)

Mark 1

John 4

WEB (4)

Mark 1

John 3

YLT (3)

Mark 1

John 2

ASV (4)

also the porter 1

kept the door 1

the porter 1

unto her that kept the door 1

BSB (4)

doorkeeper 2

gatekeeper 1

watching the door 1

CSB (4)

doorkeeper 1

the doorkeeper 3

ESV (4)

door 2

doorkeeper 1

gatekeeper 1

KJV (4)

door 2

porter 2

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

door 1

doorkeeper 3

kept 1

N95 (5)

door 1

doorkeeper 3

kept 1

NAS (4)

doorkeeper 4

NLT (4)

gate 1

gatekeeper 2

woman 1

WEB (4)

kept the door 1

the doorkeeper 1

the gatekeeper 1

to her who kept the door 1

YLT (3)

doorkeeper 1

female keeping the door 1

porter 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

BMT

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

T-DSF 1

NA26

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

N-DSF 1

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

TRG

N-DSM 1

N-NSF 1

N-NSM 1

T-DSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θῠρωρ-ός,

Cypr. θυραϝωρός dub. in Inscr.Cypr. 215H., θυραωρός (q.v.), ὁ, ἡ: —

door-keeper, porter, Sapph. 98, Hdt. 1.120, A. Ch. 565, Pl. Phlb. 62c, Mark 13:34, BGU 1061.10 (i A.D.), Luc. Vit.Auct. 7, etc.: — also θυρουρός PCair.Zen. 292.76 (iii B.C.), PRyl. 136.6 (i A.D.), IG 3.1137 (ii A.D.), PFlor. 71.380 (iv A.D.). (From θυρα - ho ρϝος, cf. οὖρος, ἐρύω (B): connected with ὠρέω by Corn. ND 1.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

θυρωρός, θυρωρου, ὁ, ἡ (from θύρα, and ὥρα care; cf. ἀκρυωρος, πυλωρός, τιμωρός; cf. Curtius, § 501, cf. p. 101; (Vanicek, p. 900; Allen in American Journ. of Philol. i., p. 129)), a doorkeeper, porter; male or female janitor: masculine, Mark 13:34; John 10:3; feminine, John 18:16f ((Sappho), Aeschylus, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Josephus, others; the Sept..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θυρωρός , -οῦ , ὁ , ἡ

(< θύρα , + οὖρος , a guardian),

[in LXX: 2 Kings 7:11 (H7778), Ezekiel 44:11 (H6486), 2 Samuel 4:6; 2 Samuel 4:1 Ezra 7:1-28*;]

a door-keeper, porter: ὁ , Mark 13:34, John 10:3; ἡ , John 18:16-17†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this word, as in Mark 13:34, John 10:3, see P Par 35.32 (B.C. 163) παρέθεντο δὲ τὰ ποτή [ρια ] Κεφα [λᾶτ ]ι τῷ θυρωρῷ (cf. ib. 37.46), P Tebt I. 112 intr. (4) (B.C. 112) Θεῶνι θυρω (ρῶι), BGU IV. 1141.34 (B.C.14) καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δὲ τὸν θυλωρὸν (l. θυρ –) ἐξερωτῶι μή τις ἔξω υ ̣[πνωκε, P Lond 604.14 (A.D. 47) (= III. p. 71) Πτολεμαίο (υ) θυρουρο (ῦ), P Flor I. 71.880 (iv/A.D.) Μ ̣ο ̣υσῆς θυρουρὸς ι ̄ πάγ (ου). For the form θυρουρός in the last two exx., as in Mark 13:34 D*, see Mayser Gr. p. 15, and Moulton Gr. ii. p. 75. The interesting reference to a woman door-keeper in John 18:16-17 (cf. 2 Kings 4:6) may be illustrated by BGU IV. 1061.10 (B.C. 14) τὴν ἀποτεταγμένην πρὸς τῆι τηρήσει θυρωρὸν Μ ̣α ̣λήφιος γυναῖκα παραχρῆμα ἐφόνευσαν, P Ryl II. 36.6 (A.D. 34) λογοποιουμένου μου πρὸς Ἀγχερίμφ [ι ]ν ̣ κα [ὶ ] τὴν ̣ τούτου γυναῖκα Θεναπύγχιν θυλουρὸν (l. θυρ –) τῶν ἀπὸ Εὐημερίας τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος, ";as I was talking to Ancherimphis and his wife Thenapunchis, a door-keeper of Euhemeria in the division of Themistes"; (Edd.), and P Strass I. 24.17 (A.D. 118) Θατρῆτι θυλουρῶι ( l. θυρ –). See further for the interpretation of Jn l.c. ExpT xxvii. pp. 217 f., 314 ff., and 424 f.

List of Word Forms

θυρωροί θυρωρος θυρωρός θυρωρὸς θυρωρούς θυρωρω θυρωρώ θυρωρῷ thuroro thurōrō thuroros thurōros thyroro thyrōrō thyrorôi thyrōrō̂i thyroros thyrorós thyroròs thyrōros thyrōrós thyrōròs