θύρα

quvra quvra,
quvra",
hJ (from
quvw to rush in, properly, that through which a rush is made; hence, German Th?r (English door; Curtius, sec. 319)) (from Homer down), the Septuagint for tl,D, and jt'P,, sometimes also for r['v'; a (house) door; (in plural equivalent to Latin fores, folding doors; cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 24 (21); cf.
puvlh); a. properly:
kleivein, etc.
thvn
quvran, ; ; passive, ; ; ,; ;
ajnoivgein, ; passive f;
krouvein, ;
diav
th'"
qurh", f;
prov"
thvn
quvran, ; (Tr WH omit
thvn; cf. Winer's Grammar, 123 (116)); ;
tav
prov"
thvn
quvran the vestibule (so Buttmann, sec. 125, 9; others the space or parts at (near) the door), ;
prov"
th'/
quvra ;
ejpiv
th'/
quvra, ;
prov
th'"
quvra", ;
ejpiv
tw'n
qurw'n, (R G
prov). b.
quvra is used of any opening like a door, an entrance, way or passage into:
hJ
quvra
tou'
mnhmeivou, of the tomb, ; R G; ; , (Homer, Odyssey 9, 243; 12, 256; others). c. in parable and metaphorically, we find
a.
hJ
quvra
tw'n
probavtwn, the door through which the sheep go out and in, the name of him who brings salvation to those who follow his guidance, ,; cf. Christ. From Fritzsche in Fritzschiorum opuscc., p. 20ff; (in Ignatius ad Philad. 9 Christ is called
hJ
quvra
tou'
patrov",
di!
h|"
ejisercontai
!Abraavm ...
kaiv
oiJ
profh'tai; cf. Harnack on Clement of Rome, , f).
b. `an open door' is used of the opportunity of doing something:
th'"
pivstew", of getting faith, ; open to a teacher, i. e. the opportunity of teaching others, ; ; by a bold combination of metaphor and literal language, the phrase
quvra
megavlh
kaiv
ejnerghv" (A. V. a great door and effectual) is used of a large opportunity of teaching a great multitude the way of salvation, and one encouraging the hope of the most successful results: .
g. 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: (for Rec.
puvlh"); power of entering, access into, God's eternal kingdom, cf. (but others besides; add here ).
d. he whose advent is just at hand is said
ejpiv
quvrai"
ei\nai, ; , and
prov
qurw'n
eJsthkenai, .
e.
eJsthkwv"
ejpiv
thvn
quvran
kaiv
krouvwn is said of Christ seeking entrance into souls, and they who comply with his entreaty are said
ajnoivgein
thvn
quvran, .*