θύραις. [9 verses](noun pl fem dat) "Door" is from thyra, which means "door," "valve," "gate," "window shutter," "a frame of planks," [in war}"fence or similar obstruction," "entrance" and, metaphorically, "entrance to the soul." -- The word translated as "the door" means "door," "valve," "gate," "window shutter," "a frame of planks," [in war}"fence or similar obstruction," "entrance" and, metaphorically, "entrance to the soul." This term for "door," is used by Jesus only here in the synoptic Gospels, but which is used in John more frequently by Jesus referring to himself as "the door" to salvation.