Strong's Number 2374
Transliteration:
thura
{thoo'-rah}
Word Origin:
apparently a root word [cf "door"]
TDNT:
3:173,340
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
door 38, gate 1
Total: 39
Definition:
- a door
- the vestibule
- used of any opening like a door, an entrance, way or passage into
- in a parable or metaphor
- the door through which sheep go in and out, the name of him who brings salvation to those who follow his guidance
- "an open door" is used of the opportunity of doing something
- the door of the kingdom of heaven (likened to a palace) denotes the conditions which must be complied with in order to be received into the kingdom of God