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πρόθυρον

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Gloss: a threshold

Transliteration: prothuron

Strong’s: G8895

1. the front-door, the door leading from the αὐλή, (Homer); also in plural, (Homer)
2. the space before a door , a kind of porch or verandah , Lat. vestibulum, (Odyssey by Homer), attic
3. metaphorically, Κόρινθος πρόθυρον Ποτειδᾶνος (Pindar); πρόθυρα ἀρετῆς (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
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