Greek word · G2376

θυρίς

thyris

window

A window or small opening in a wall, usually high or in an upper room. Ancient windows were small, often latticed, unglazed openings for light and air.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

θυρίς, -ίδος, ἡ

(dim, of θύρα), [in LXX chiefly for חַלּוֹן ;]

a window: Acts 20:9, 2 Corinthians 11:33.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Tobit 3:11

Range of meaning

A window or small opening in a wall, usually high or in an upper room. Ancient windows were small, often latticed, unglazed openings for light and air.

Against the English

'Window' is accurate. The real translation issue is the preposition: Brenton/KJV say 'toward the window', while the supplied Greek (πρός with the dative) means 'at/by the window', which is how WEB renders it. 'Toward' matches the longer Greek text (πρὸς τὴν θυρίδα, with outstretched hands).

Used elsewhere in the period

Septuagint Daniel 6:10 (Theodotion): Daniel prays three times a day at windows opened toward Jerusalem. 1 Kings 8:44, 48 asks God to hear exiles who pray 'toward the city… and the house'. New Testament uses: Acts 20:9 (Eutychus in the window); 2 Cor 11:33 (Paul let down through a window).

Where it appears

Acts · 1

  1. Acts 20:9 θυρίδος, window,

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

2 Corinthians · 1

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:33 θυρίδος a window

    But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

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