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Lexicon :: Strong's G2808 - kleiō

Aa
κλείω
Transliteration
kleiō (Key)
Pronunciation
kli'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
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Strong’s Definitions

κλείω kleíō, kli'-o; a primary verb; to close (literally or figuratively):—shut (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2808 in the following manner: shut (12x), shut up (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2808 in the following manner: shut (12x), shut up (4x).

  1. to shut, shut up

  2. metaph.

    1. to cause the heavens to withhold rain

    2. to shut up compassion so that it is like a thing inaccessible to one, to be devoid of pity towards one

    3. to obstruct the entrance into the kingdom of heaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλείω kleíō, kli'-o; a primary verb; to close (literally or figuratively):—shut (up).
STRONGS G2808:
κλείω; future κλείσω, Revelation 3:7 L T Tr WH; 1 aorist ἐκλεισα; passive, perfect κεκλεισμαι, participle κεκλεισμένος; 1 aorist ἐκλείσθην; Hebrew סָגַר; (from Homer down); to shut, shut up; properly: τήν θύραν, Matthew 6:6; passive, Matthew 25:10; Luke 11:7; plural, John 20:19, 26; Acts 21:30; a prison, passive Acts 5:23; πυλῶνας, passive Revelation 21:25; τήν ἄβυσσον, Revelation 20:3 G L T Tr WH. Metaphorically: τόν οὐρανόν, i. e. to cause the heavens to withhold rain, Luke 4:25; Revelation 11:6; τά σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπό τίνος, to shut up compassion so that it is like a thing inaccessible to one, to be devoid of pity toward one (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d., cf. Buttmann, 322 (277)), 1 John 3:17; τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, to obstruct the entrance into the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 23:13 (14); so used that τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ must be understood, Revelation 3:7; τήν θύραν, namely, τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 3:8; cf. Bleek at the passage (Compare: ἀποκλείω, ἐκκλείω, κατακλείω, συγκλείω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:6; 23:13; 25:10
Luke
4:25; 11:7
John
20:19; 20:26
Acts
5:23; 21:30
1 John
3:17
Revelation
3:7; 3:7; 3:8; 11:6; 20:3; 21:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2808 matches the Greek κλείω (kleiō),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:6 - But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:19 - At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:26 - And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23 - Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:17 - But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:7 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:8 - I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:25 - And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there):
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