King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2377
Transliteration: thyrōros
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-ro-ros')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a doorkeeper
Meaning: a doorkeeper
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..)
Word Summary
thyrōros: a doorkeeper
Original Word: θυρωρόςTransliteration: thyrōros
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-ro-ros')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a doorkeeper
Meaning: a doorkeeper
Strong's Concordance
a doorkeeper, gatekeeperFrom thura and ouros (a watcher); a gate- warden -- that kept the door, porter.
see GREEK thura
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2377: θυρωρόςθυρωρός, 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..)