θυρωρός
thyrōros · doorkeeper
Greek word · Strong’s number G2377 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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thyrōros (θυρωρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “doorkeeper”.
Gatekeeper.
How to say it
thy·rō·ros
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
- One who guards the entrance of the house.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- doorkeeper ×2
- gatekeeper ×1
- who kept the door ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 13:34
It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority, to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
- John 10:3
To him the gatekeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- 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 18:17
So the servant girl who kept the door says to Peter, “Surely you too are not one of the disciples of this man?” He says, “I am not.”