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πρόθυρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόθυρον πρόθυρου

Structure: προθυρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: qu/ra

Sense

  1. the front-door, the door leading from the
  2. the space before a door, porch or verandah

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ πρόθυρα καὶ οἱ ἧλοι καὶ αἱ φιάλαι καὶ τὰ τρυβλία καὶ αἱ θυί̈σκαι χρυσαῖ, σύγκλειστα, καὶ τὰ θυρώματα τῶν θυρῶν τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐσωτάτου, ἁγίου τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ τὰσ θύρασ τοῦ ναοῦ χρυσᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:36)
  • ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὡσ πρόθυρα σαλευόμενα πᾶσι τοῖσ λαοῖσ κύκλῳ, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἔσται περιοχὴ ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 12:2)
  • διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συγκαλῶ πάσασ τὰσ βασιλείασ τῆσ γῆσ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ, λέγει Κύριοσ, καὶ ἥξουσι καὶ θήσουσιν ἕκαστοσ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ πρόθυρα τῶν πυλῶν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ τείχη τὰ κύκλῳ αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐπὶ πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 1:15)
  • καὶ ἐξέτεινεν ὁμοίωμα χειρὸσ καὶ ἀνέλαβέ με τῆσ κορυφῆσ μου καὶ ἀνέλαβέ με πνεῦμα ἀναμέσον τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἤγαγέ με εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ὁράσει Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ πρόθυρα τῆσ πύλησ τῆσ ἐσωτέρασ τῆσ βλεπούσησ εἰσ βορρᾶν, οὗ ἦν ἡ στήλη τοῦ κτωμένου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 8:3)
  • καὶ εἰσήγαγέ με ἐπὶ τὰ πρόθυρα τῆσ αὐλῆς (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 8:7)

Synonyms

  1. the front-door

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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