θύρα

θύρα, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for פֶּתַח, also for דַּל, דֶּלֶת, etc. ;]

a door: κλείειν (ἀποκ-) τὴν θ., Matt 6,6, Luk 13,25; pass., Matt 25,10, Luk 11,7, Joh 20,19, 26, ApG 21,30; ἀνοίγειν, ApG 5,19 pass., ApG 16,26-27; κρούειν, ApG 12,13 διὰ τῆς θ., Joh 10,1-2; πρὸς τὴν θ., Mark 1,33; 11,4 (WH om. τήν), ApG 3,2 τὰ πρὸς τὴν θ., the space by the door, Mark 2,2 πρὸς τῇ θ., Joh 18,16 ἐπὶ τῇ θ, ApG 5,9 πρὸ τῆς θ., ApG 12,6 ἐπὶ τῶν θ., ApG 5,23 ἡ θ. τ. μνημείου, Matt 27,60, Mark 15,46; 16,3. Metaphorical, of Christ, ἡ θ. τ. προβάτων, Joh 10,7, 9; of the Kingdom of Heaven, Luk 13,24 of opportunities, θ. πίστεως, ApG 14,27 θ. μεγάλη, 1 Kor 16,9 θ. τ. λόγου, Kol 4,3 θ. ἀνεῳγμένη (ἠνεῳγ-), 2 Kor 2,12, Åb 3,8; 4,1; of Christ, ἑστηκὼς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. καὶ κρούων, Åb 3,20 of his second coming, ἐπὶ θύραις εἶναι, Matt 24,33, Mark 13,29; πρὸ θυρῶν ἑστηκέναι, Jak 5,9,†