Quick Definition
θυρωρός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ n.f. & n.m. a door-keeper, porter
Strong's Definition
from 2374 and ouros (a watcher); a gate- warden
KJV Usage: that kept the door, porter
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θυρωρός, -οῦ, 5, ἡ, (fr. θύρα, and dpa care; cf. ἀρκυωρός, πυλωρύς, τιμωρός; cf. Curtius § 501, cf. p.101; [Vanicek p: 900; Allen in Am. Journ. of Philol. i. p. 129]), α doorkeeper, porter; male or female janitor: masc., Mk. xiii. 34; Jn. x.3; fem. Jn. xviii. 16 sq. ([Sappho], Aeschyl., Hat., Xen., Plat., Aristot., Joseph., al.; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θυρωρός thurōros 4x
a door-keeper, porter, Mk. 13:34; Jn. 10:3; 18:16, 17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θυρωρός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ
(< θύρα, + οὖρος, a guardian), [in LXX: IV Ki 7:11 (שׁוֹעֵר), Ez 44:11 (פְּקֻדָּה), II Ki 4:6, I Es 7*;]
a door-keeper, porter: ὁ, Mk 13:34, Jo 10:3; ἡ, Jo 18:16, 17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θυρωρός. For this word, as in Mk 1355, Jn 10%, see P Par 3552 (B.C. 163) παρέθεντο δὲ τὰ ποτήρια] Κεφα[λᾶτ]ι τῷ θυρωρῷ (cf. 26. 374°), P Tebt I. 112 intr. (4) (B.c. 112) Θεῶνι θυρω(ρῶι), BGU IV. r141°4 (B.c. 14) καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δὲ τὸν θυλωρὸν (/. θυρ--") ἐξερωτῶι μή τις ἔξω ὕπνωκε, P Lond 60414 (A.D. 47) (ΞΞ 111. p. 71) Πτολεμαίο(υ) θυρουρο(ῦ), P Flor I. 71589 (iv/A.D.) Movers θυρουρὸς t méy(ov). For the form θυρουρός in the last two exx., as in Mk 13% D*, see Mayser Gr. p. 15, aud Moulton G7. ii. p. 75. The interesting reference to a woman door-keeper in Jn 181617 (cf. 2 Kings 45) may be illustrated by BGU IV. τοῦτ (x.c. 14) τὴν ἀποτεταγμένην πρὸς τῆι τηρήσει θυρωρὸν Μαλήφιος γυναῖκα παραχρῆμα ἐφόνευσαν, P Ryl II. 365(a.p. 34) λογοποιουμένου μου πρὸς ᾿Αγχερίμφ[ι]ν Kall] τὴν τούτου γυναῖκα Θεναπύγχιν θυλουρὸν (/. θυρ-) τῶν ἀπὸ Hinpeplas τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος, “45. I was talking to Ancherimphis and his wife Thenapunchis, a door-keeper of Euhemeria in the division of Themistes” (Edd.), and P Strass I. 24!7 (A.D. 118) Θατρῆτι θυλουρῶι (1. θυρ-). See further for the interpretation of Jn l.c. AxpT xxvii. pp. 217 f., 314 ff., and 424f. θυσία. P Hib I. 54} ((. B.c. 245) χρεία γάρ ἐστι ταῖς γυναιξὶν πρὸς τὴν θυσίαν, P Tebt I. 3315 (B.c. 112) (= Selections, Ρ. 31) τὰ. [. .] . L . σ]ταθησόμενα θύματα καὶ τῆς θυσί[α]ς, BGU IV. 1198! (beginning of i/B.c.) ποιούμενοι ἁγνήας καὶ θυσίας, 75. 12018 (A.D. 2) πρὸς τὰς λιτουργείας καὶ θυσείας τῶν θεῶν, P Oxy IX. 12111 (11,Α.}.) τὰ πρὸς τὴν θυσίαν τοῦ ἱερωτάτου Νείλου, Ῥ Giss I. 4οἷ (a.p. 212) | κοποι(ό)ς), ““4 breastplate-maker,” between an ἠπητής,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θυρωρός (thurōros) — gatekeeper. θῠρωρ-ός, [Refs 5th c.AD+] θυραϝωρός uncertain in [Refs]., Epic dialect θυραωρός (which see), ὁ, ἡ:— door-keeper, porter, [NT+7th c.BC+]:—also θυρουρός [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (From θυρα-hoρϝος, compare οὖρος, ἐρύω (B): connected with ὠρέω by [Refs 1st c.AD+]