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θύρα
thýra · Greek · Strong's G2374 · 39 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “door”
What it means
a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)
apparently a primary word (compare "door");
How the KJV renders it
door, gate
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“door”
“gate”
Answers that weigh this word
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- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
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Where it appears
39 occurrences in the Greek text, first 37 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 16:9 · N-NSF
for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
2 Corinthians 2:12 · N-GSF
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
Acts 3:2 · N-ASF
A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
Acts 5:9 · N-DSF
But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
Acts 5:19 · N-APF
But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,
Acts 5:23 · N-GPF
“We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
Acts 12:6 N-GSFActs 12:13 N-ASFActs 14:27 N-ASFActs 16:26 N-NPFActs 16:27 N-APFActs 21:30 N-NPFColossians 4:3 N-ASFJames 5:9 N-GPFJohn 10:1 N-GSFJohn 10:2 N-GSFJohn 10:7 N-NSFJohn 10:9 N-NSFJohn 18:16 N-DSFJohn 20:19 N-GPFJohn 20:26 N-GPFLuke 11:7 N-NSFLuke 13:24 N-GSFLuke 13:25 N-ASFMatthew 6:6 N-ASFMatthew 24:33 N-DPFMatthew 25:10 N-NSFMatthew 27:60 N-DSFMark 1:33 N-ASFMark 2:2 N-ASFMark 11:4 N-ASFMark 13:29 N-DPFMark 15:46 N-ASFMark 16:3 N-GSFRevelation 3:8 N-ASFRevelation 3:20 N-ASFRevelation 4:1 N-NSF
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