Lexical Definition

‎θύρα‎ thýra (thoo'-rah) door ^G:N-F
apparently a primary word (compare "door")

door, gate.

• a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

θύρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for פֶּתַח, also for דַּל, דֶּלֶת, etc.;]
a door: κλείειν (ἀποκ-) τὴν θ., Mt 6:6, Lk 13:25; pass., Mt 25:10, Lk 11:7, Jo 20:19, 26, Ac 21:30; ἀνοίγειν, Ac 5:19; pass., Ac 16:26, 27; κρούειν, Ac 12:13; διὰ τῆς θ., Jo 10:1, 2; πρὸς τὴν θ., Mk 1:33 11:4 (WH om. τήν), Ac 3:2; τὰ πρὸς τὴν θ., the space by the door, Mk 2:2; πρὸς τῇ θ., Jo 18:16; ἐπὶ τῇ θ, Ac 5:9; πρὸ τῆς θ., Ac 12:6; ἐπὶ τῶν θ., Ac 5:23; ἡ θ. τ. μνημείου, Mt 27:60, Mk 15:46 16:3. Metaph., of Christ, ἡ θ. τ. προβάτων, Jo 10:7, 9; of the Kingdom of Heaven, Lk 13:24; of opportunities, θ. πίστεως, Ac 14:27; θ. μεγάλη, I Co 16:9; θ. τ. λόγου, Col 4:3; θ. ἀνεῳγμένη (ἠνεῳγ-), II Co 2:12, Re 3:8 4:1; of Christ, ἑστηκὼς ἐπὶ τὴν θ. καὶ κρούων, Re 3:20; of his second coming, ἐπὶ θύραις εἶναι, Mt 24:33, Mk 13:29; πρὸ θυρῶν ἑστηκέναι, Ja 5:9.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

θύρα [ῠ],

Ionic dialect θύρη, ἡ, Ionic dialect genitive plural θυρέων [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— door, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in plural of double or folding doors, θ. δικλίδες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ δεξιὰ θ. the right valve, [Refs]; θ. μονόθυρος [Refs]; θύραι λίθιναι (including the framework) [Refs]; θύραι αὔλειαι, see at {αὔλειο; ἡ θ. ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φέρονσα} [Refs 4th c.BC+]; rarely for πύλαι, gates, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the carceres in the Roman circus, barriers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν θ. βαλανοῦν, μοχλοῦν, bar the door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύραν κόπτειν, πατάσσειν, κρούειν, knock, rap at the door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀράττειν, ἐπαράξαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν θ. ἀνοιγνύναι open it, see at {ἀνοίγνυμ; ὦσαι} push it open, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μικρὸν ἐνδοῦναι open it a little, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπί or παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι at Priam's door, i.e. before his dwelling, [θύραις τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.23, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.34; τῆς πατρίδος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 29, “Arat.” 37; ἐπὶ θύραις τῆς Πίσης 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.15 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρας ὄντος being at the door, [θύραις ὄντος 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 130.25). ">Refs 1st c.AD+]

__2 especially of kings and potentates, οἱ τῶν ἀρίστων Περσῶν παῖδες ἐπὶ ταῖς βασιλέως θύραις παιδεύονται are educated at court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γυνὴ φοιτῶσα ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας τοῦ βασιλέος, of a petitioner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἐπὶ τὰς θ. φοιτήσεις dangling after the court, [θύρας διατρίβειν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1313b7, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 121 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; applied also to lovers, clients, disciples, etc., ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν (or τὰς θύρας) τινὸς βαδίζειν, ἰέναι, etc., [θύραις ἀεὶ καθῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 467: \_metaphorically\_, Μουσῶν ἐπὶ ποιητικὰς θ. ἀφικέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 proverbial, γλώσσῃ θύραι οὐκ ἐπίκεινται [Refs 6th c.BC+]; οὐδέποτ᾽ ἴσχει θ., of admirers of the Demos, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν to break the pitcher at the very door, 'there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίς ἂν θύρας ἁμάρτο; [θύρας ἰδών 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 23 ">Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ κατὰ θύραν τερπνόν vulgar pleasures, [θύραν πλανᾶσθαι 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.43 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ θυρῶν εὐθέως τῆς.. ἀκροάσεως at the very beginning, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__4 shutter of a window, τὰς θ. τὰς ἐπὶ τῶν θυρίδων [Refs]
__5 plural, door of a chariot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 plural, axle-trees, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7 θύρη καταπακτή trap-door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__8 frame of planks, raft, [Refs]; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσί τε καὶ ξύλοισι with hurdles and logs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__9 in war, fenced works to obstruct landingparties, in plural, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II generally, entrance, as to a grotto, in plural, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 sluice-gate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III metaphorically, senses, as the entrances to the soul, τὸ σῶμα πολλαῖς θυρίσι καὶ θύραις ἀνοίγοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+] dhur-, cf. Latin foras, fores, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] duru 'door', etc.)