ΘΥΡΩΡΟΥΣ, θυρωρους
THYRŌROUS, thyrōrous
Sounds Like: thoo-ROH-roos
Translations: doorkeepers, gatekeepers, porters
From the root: ΘΥΡΩΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who guard a door or gate, acting as a doorkeeper or porter. It is a compound word formed from 'θύρα' (thyra), meaning 'door', and 'οὖρος' (ouros), meaning 'watcher' or 'guardian'. It is used to describe someone who is stationed at an entrance to control access.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2377 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:27
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 4:108
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΥΡΩΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΥΡΩΡΟΙ — doorkeepers, gatekeepers, porters
- ΘΥΡΩΡΟΙΣ — doorkeepers, gatekeepers, porters
- ΘΥΡΩΡΟΝ — doorkeeper, a doorkeeper, gatekeeper, a gatekeeper, porter, a porter
- ΘΥΡΩΡΟΣ — doorkeeper, a doorkeeper, gatekeeper, a gatekeeper, porter, a porter
- ΘΥΡΩΡΩ — (to) doorkeepers, (to) gatekeepers, (to) porters
- ΘΥΡΩΡΩΝ — of doorkeepers, of gatekeepers, of porters
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