noun

thurōros

Greekθυρωρός (thurōros)

Strong’sG2377

a door-keeper, porter

stem thurōr-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 20 forms occur

Translated as

doorkeeper3×gatekeeper1×

What it means

θυρωρός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ

(< θύρα, + οὖρος, a guardian), [in LXX: IV Ki 7:11 (שׁוֹעֵר), Ez 44:11 (פְּקֻדָּה), II Ki 4:6, I Es 7*;]

a door-keeper, porter: ὁ, Mk 13:34, Jo 10:3; ἡ, Jo 18:16, 17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2377 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthoo-ro-ros'

a gate- warden

Fromfrom G2374 and οὖρος (a watcher);

King Jamesthat kept the door, porter.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	feminine singular	masculine singular	feminine plural	masculine plural
subject nominative	thurōras1×θυρωρός	thurōros1×θυρωρὸς	thurōrais	thurōrois
object accusative	thurōran	thurōron	thurōrain	thurōroin
direct address vocative	thurōrar	thurōror	thurōrair	thurōroir
of, belonging to genitive	thurōrau	thurōrou	thurōraiu	thurōroiu
to, for dative	thurōra1×θυρωρῷ	thurōro1×θυρωρῷ	thurōrai	thurōroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

thurōrstem+aogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thurōr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

thurōras“doorkeeper”subjectnominative singular1×

John 18:17“doorkeeper”legatō oun to Petro tas paidiskas tas thurōras; Mē kai sis ek toiu mathētoiu asō tou anthrōpou houtou? legatō ekeinos; Ouk amō.At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.

thurōra“doorkeeper”to, fordative singular1×

John 18:16“doorkeeper”tos de Petros histanatelē pros ta thura exō. exerchata oun tos mathētos tos allos tos gnōstos tou archierevou kai legata ta thurōra kai eisagata ton Petron.But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

thurōros“gatekeeper”subjectnominative singular1×

John 10:3“gatekeeper”houto tos thurōros anoigatō, kai teim probateim tau fōnau autou akouatō kai teim idieim probateim fōnatō kata onomem kai exagatō auteim.The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

thurōro“doorkeeper”to, fordative singular1×

Mark 13:34“doorkeeper”hōs anthrōpos apodēmos afiēkaratos tan oikian autou kai dōaratos toi douloi autou tan exousian, hekasto tem ergem autou, kai to thurōro entelleta hina grēgorateiō.It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.