"a door-keeper, porter, Mk. 13:34; Jn. 10:3; 18:16, 17*"
Definition and meaning
a door-keeper, porter, Mk. 13:34; Jn. 10:3; 18:16, 17*
In the original Greek the word is written: θυρωρός
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of thuroros (G2377) across the King James Bible.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G2377 (thuroros) is a Greek word that means: a door-keeper, porter, Mk. 13:34; Jn. 10:3; 18:16, 17* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word thuroros (G2377) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2377 is thuroros, a Greek word defined as: a door-keeper, porter, Mk. 13:34; Jn. 10:3; 18:16, 17*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
thuroros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.