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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 MGNT 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. Whatever you forbid[fn] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[fn] on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - “What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18 - I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:7 - “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.
This is the message from the one who is holy and true,
the one who has the key of David.
What he opens, no one can close;
and what he closes, no one can open:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:1 - Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit[fn] and a heavy chain in his hand.
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