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Lexicon :: Strong's G2807 - kleis

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κλείς
Transliteration
kleis (Key)
Pronunciation
klice
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 3:744,439

Strong’s Definitions

κλείς kleís, klice; from G2808; a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively:—key.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2807 in the following manner: key (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2807 in the following manner: key (6x).

  1. a key

    1. since the keeper of the keys has the power to open and to shut

    2. metaph. in the NT to denote power and authority of various kinds

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλείς kleís, klice; from G2808; a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively:—key.
STRONGS G2807:
κλείς, κλειδός, accusative κλεῖδα and κλεῖν (Luke 11:52; Revelation 3:7), accusative plural κλεῖδας and κλείς (Matthew 16:19; Revelation 1:18; cf. Kühner, § 130, i., p. 357; Winers Grammar, 65 (63), cf. Buttmann, 24 (22); (WH's Appendix, p. 157)), ἡ (from Homer down); a key. Since the keeper of the keys has the power to open and to shut, the word κλείς is figuratively used in the N. T. to denote power and authority of various kinds (cf. B. D., under the word ) viz. τοῦ φρέατος, to open or unlock the pit, Revelation 9:1, cf. Revelation 9:2; τῆς ἀβύσσου, to shut, Revelation 20:1, cf. Revelation 20:3; τοῦ θανάτου καί τοῦ ᾅδου, the power to bring back into life from Hades and to leave there, Revelation 1:18; τῆς γνώσεως, the ability and opportunity to obtain knowledge, Luke 11:52; τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν (see βασιλεία, 3 e., p. 97b under the end), Matthew 16:19; τοῦ Δαυίδ, the power of David (who is a type of the Messiah, the second David), i. e. of receiving into the Messiah's kingdom and of excluding from it, Revelation 3:7 (apparently after Isaiah 22:22, where ἡ κλείς οἴκου Δαυίδ is given to the steward of the royal palace).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
22:22
Matthew
16:19; 16:19
Luke
11:52; 11:52
Revelation
1:18; 1:18; 3:7; 3:7; 9:1; 9:2; 20:1; 20:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2807 matches the Greek κλείς (kleis),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed[fn] in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18 - “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:7 - “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:1 - Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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