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Lexicon :: Strong's G2808 - kleiō

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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:6 - But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:19 - When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:26 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23 - saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:17 - But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:7 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:8 - I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:25 - And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):
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