Window
θυρίςStrong’s G2376thuris
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thuris is the Greek word usually translated “window”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.”
Meaning
Usually translated “window”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- window 1
- a window 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
θυρίς thuris · window
θυρίς, -ίδος, ἡ (dim, of θύρα), [in LXX chiefly for חַלּוֹן ;] a window: Act.20:9, 2Co.11:33.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “window” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WINDOW, noun
[ G. The vulgar pronunciation is windor, as if from the Welsh gwyntdor, wind-door.]
- An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light, and of air when necessary.
- An aperture or opening.“A window shalt thou make to the ark” Genesis 6:16
- The frame or other thing that covers the aperture.
- An aperture; or rather the clouds or water-spouts.“The windows of heaven were opened” Genesis 7:11
All definitions and other forms of “window”
- Lattice or casement; or the network of wire used before the invention of glass. Judges 5:28
- Lines crossing each other.
WINDOW, verb transitive
- To furnish with windows.
- To place at a window [Unusual.]
- To break into openings. [Unusual.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.