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Lexicon :: Strong's G2377 - thyrōros

Aa
θυρωρός
Transliteration
thyrōros (Key)
Pronunciation
thoo-ro-ros'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From θύρα (G2374) and ouros (a watcher)
mGNT
4x in 3 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

θυρωρός thyrōrós, thoo-ro-ros'; from G2374 and οὖρος oûros (a watcher); a gate- warden:—that kept the door, porter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2377 in the following manner: porter (2x), that keeps the door (with G3588) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2377 in the following manner: porter (2x), that keeps the door (with G3588) (2x).

  1. a doorkeeper, porter

    1. a male or female janitor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θυρωρός thyrōrós, thoo-ro-ros'; from G2374 and οὖρος oûros (a watcher); a gate- warden:—that kept the door, porter.
STRONGS G2377:
θυρωρός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ, (from θύρα, and ὥρα care; cf. ἀρκυωρός, πυλωρός, τιμωρός; cf. Curtius § 501, cf. p. 101; [Vanicek, p. 900; Allen in American Journal 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; Sept.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
13:34
John
10:3; 18:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2377 matches the Greek θυρωρός (thyrōros),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:34 - It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:16 - But Peter was kept outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was a friend of the high priest, came out and had a word with the girl who kept the door, and took Peter in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17 - Then the girl who was the door-keeper said to Peter, Are you not one of this man's disciples? In answer he said, I am not.
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