thyra · door

What it means

thyra (θύρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “door”.

Gate.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The opening that closes the entrance of a house, a room or a tomb.
2. An open door: Christ, or a chance from God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• door ×22
• doors ×10
• gate ×5
• entrance ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×6
• Luke×4
• John×7
• Acts×10
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×1
• James×1
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 6:6

  But you, when you pray, go into your inner room and, having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• Matthew 24:33

  So you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the doors.

• Matthew 25:10

  And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

• Matthew 27:60

  and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a large stone to the door of the tomb, he went away.

• Mark 1:33

  And the whole town was gathered together at the door.

• Mark 2:2

  And many gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and he was speaking the word to them.

• Mark 11:4

  And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untie it.

• Mark 13:29

  So you too, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the doors.

• Mark 15:46

  And having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

• Mark 16:3

  And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

• Luke 11:7

  and that one from inside answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?

• Luke 13:24

  “Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

• Luke 13:25

  Once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from.’

• John 10:1

  “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold through the gate but climbs in another way, he is a thief and a bandit.

• John 10:2

  But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

• John 10:7

  So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate of the sheep.

• John 10:9

  I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and find pasture.

• John 18:16

  but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

• John 20:19

  So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were had been locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and says to them, “Peace to you.”

• John 20:26

  And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, though the doors had been locked, and stood in the middle and said, “Peace to you.”

• Acts 3:2

  And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they used to set every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those entering into the temple.

• Acts 5:9

  And Peter said to her, “Why was it agreed between you to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

• Acts 5:19

  But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison and, bringing them out, he said,

• Acts 5:23

  saying, “We found the prison locked with all security and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

• Acts 12:6

  And when Herod was about to bring him out, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping watch over the prison.

• Acts 12:13

  And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

• Acts 14:27

  And when they arrived and gathered together the assembly, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened to the nations a door of faith.

• Acts 16:26

  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

• Acts 16:27

  And the jailer, waking up and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

• Acts 21:30

  And the whole city was stirred up, and the people came running together; and seizing Paul, they were dragging him out of the temple, and at once the doors were shut.

• 1 Corinthians 16:9

  for a great and effective door has opened for me, and there are many who oppose me.

• 2 Corinthians 2:12

  Now when I came to Troas for the good news of the Messiah, and a door had been opened for me in the Lord,

• Colossians 4:3

  praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, because of which I am also in chains,

• James 5:9

  Do not complain, brothers, against one another, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the doors.

• Revelation 3:8

  I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one can shut, because you have little power, and you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

• Revelation 3:20

  Look, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

• Revelation 4:1

  After these things I looked, and look, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice, which I had heard speaking with me like a trumpet, was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

And 2 more times.