Thyroros means “that kept the door” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2377 — chazon (“vision”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2377 θυρωρός (thuroros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thuroros (thoo-ro-ros') n. 1. a gate- warden [from G2374 and ouros (a watcher)] It has 14 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include porter and kept. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
thuroros (thoo-ro-ros') n. 1. a gate- warden [from G2374 and ouros (a watcher)] KJV: that kept the door, porter Root(s): G2374
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2377. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
gatekeeper
Usage: θυρωρός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (θύρα, + οὖρος, a guardian) [in LXX: 4Ki.7:11 (שׁוֹעֵר), Eze.44:11 (פְּקֻדָּה), 2Ki.4:6 4:1 II Est.7:1-28 * ;] a door-keeper, porter: ὁ, Mrk.13:34, Jhn.10:3; ἡ, Jhn.18:16-17† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render thuroros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2377 (θυρωρός) appears 10 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baanah went privily into the house:
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
Yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, being porters at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall slay the victims and the whole burnt offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people to minister to them.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zechariah, and Jeduthun, who was of the king’s retinue.
The porters: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.
and to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and a hundred priestly vestments.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2377.
And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baanah went privily into the house:
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
Yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, being porters at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall slay the victims and the whole burnt offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people to minister to them.
For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zechariah, and Jeduthun, who was of the king’s retinue.
The porters: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.
and to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and a hundred priestly vestments.
The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindred, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.
There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,
I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose anything upon them.
Of the porters; Shallum, and Tolbanes.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2377, grouped by book.
Thyroros (Strong's G2377) is a Greek word most simply glossed "that kept the door". thuroros (thoo-ro-ros') n. 1. a gate- warden [from G2374 and ouros (a watcher)]
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G2377 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2377 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as porter and kept. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2377, with linked reader references where each row is available.