Θύραι οὐρανοῦ

doors of heaven, heaven's doors

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5 Jun 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

18 words

Translation

[Meaning] the abundance from above. Metaphorically from the treasuries. David [says]: "and he opened the doors of heaven."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θύραι οὐρανοῦ· ἡ ἄνωθεν χορηγία. μεταφορικῶς ἀπὸ τῶν ταμιείων. Δαβίδ· καὶ θύρας οὐρανοῦ ἠνέῳξε.

Betacode
*qu/rai ou)ranou=: h( a)/nwqen xorhgi/a. metaforikw=s a)po\ tw=n tamiei/wn. *dabi/d: kai\ qu/ras ou)ranou= h)ne/w|ce. 

Notes

  1. Theodoret (PG 80, 1489c) on Psalm 77:23 LXX.

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Revision history6 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. expanded and modified note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. modified translation, added note — Ross Scaife ✝
  7. Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝

Cite this entry

“doors of heaven, heaven's doors.” Suda On Line. Tr. Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝. 5 June 2003. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/theta/604>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/theta/604>.

Translation by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝ for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Ross Scaife ✝, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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