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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 6 times in 5 verses in 'Rev' in the MGNT Greek.

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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: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, G2808 and who shuts G2808 and no one opens, says this:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:8 - ‘I know your [fn]deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, G2808 because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These have the power to shut G2808 up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and he threw him into the abyss, and shut G2808 it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:25 - In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; G2808
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