2808. kleió
Strong's Lexicon
kleió: To shut, close, lock

Original Word: κλείω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kleió
Pronunciation: klay'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (kli'-o)
Definition: To shut, close, lock
Meaning: I shut, shut up.

Word Origin: From a primary word κλείς (kleis), meaning "a key."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - סָגַר (sagar) - Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut, close, or stop up.

- נָעַל (na'al) - Strong's Hebrew 5274: To lock, bolt, or shut.

Usage: The Greek verb "kleió" primarily means to shut, close, or lock something. It is used in the New Testament to describe the act of closing a door or gate, often with the implication of preventing entry or access. This term can also be used metaphorically to describe the closing off of opportunities or the withholding of something.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, doors and gates were crucial for security and privacy. The act of shutting a door was significant, as it could denote safety, exclusion, or the end of an opportunity. In a spiritual context, the concept of opening and closing is often associated with divine authority and control over access to spiritual truths or the kingdom of God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
to shut
NASB Translation
close (1), closed (1), closes (1), locked (1), shut (11), shuts (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2808: κλείω

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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shut

A primary verb; to close (literally or figuratively) -- shut (up).

Forms and Transliterations
εκλείετο έκλεισαν έκλεισε εκλεισεν ἔκλεισεν εκλεισθη εκλείσθη ἐκλείσθη εκλεισθησαν εκλείσθησαν ἐκλείσθησαν κεκλεισμένη κεκλεισμενον κεκλεισμένον κεκλεισμένος κεκλεισμενων κεκλεισμένων κεκλεισται κέκλεισται κλειει κλείει κλειέσθωσαν κλειετε κλείετε κλεισαι κλείσαι κλεῖσαι κλεισας κλείσας κλεισει κλεισεί κλείσει κλειση κλείση κλείσῃ κλεισθή κλεισθήσονται κλεισθωσιν κλεισθώσιν κλεισθῶσιν κλείσουσι κλείσωμεν κλειων κλείων ekleisen ékleisen ekleisthe ekleisthē ekleísthe ekleísthē ekleisthesan ekleisthēsan ekleísthesan ekleísthēsan kekleismenon kekleismenōn kekleisménon kekleisménōn kekleistai kékleistai kleiete kleíete kleion kleiōn kleíon kleíōn kleisai kleîsai kleisas kleísas kleise kleisē kleisei kleísei kleísēi kleisthosin kleisthôsin kleisthōsin kleisthō̂sin
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 6:6 V-APA-NMS
GRK: σου καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν
NAS: into your inner room, close your door
KJV: and when thou hast shut thy
INT: of you and having shut the door

Matthew 23:13 V-PIA-2P
GRK: ὑποκριταί ὅτι κλείετε τὴν βασιλείαν
NAS: because you shut off the kingdom
KJV: for ye shut up the kingdom
INT: hypocrites for you shut up the kingdom

Matthew 25:10 V-AIP-3S
GRK: γάμους καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα
NAS: and the door was shut.
KJV: and the door was shut.
INT: wedding feast and was shut the door

Luke 4:25 V-AIP-3S
GRK: Ἰσραήλ ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς
NAS: the sky was shut up for three
KJV: the heaven was shut up three
INT: Israel when was shut up the heaven

Luke 11:7 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ἡ θύρα κέκλεισται καὶ τὰ
NAS: has already been shut and my children
KJV: is now shut, and my
INT: the door has been shut and the

John 20:19 V-RPM/P-GMP
GRK: τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων ὅπου ἦσαν
NAS: and when the doors were shut where
KJV: the doors were shut where
INT: of the doors having been shut where were

John 20:26 V-RPM/P-GMP
GRK: τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων καὶ ἔστη
NAS: the doors having been shut, and stood
KJV: Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood
INT: the doors having been shut and stood

Acts 5:23 V-RPM/P-ANS
GRK: δεσμωτήριον εὕρομεν κεκλεισμένον ἐν πάσῃ
NAS: the prison house locked quite
KJV: truly found we shut with all
INT: prison we found shut with all

Acts 21:30 V-AIP-3P
GRK: καὶ εὐθέως ἐκλείσθησαν αἱ θύραι
NAS: and immediately the doors were shut.
KJV: forthwith the doors were shut.
INT: and immediately were shut the doors

1 John 3:17 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ἔχοντα καὶ κλείσῃ τὰ σπλάγχνα
NAS: in need and closes his heart
KJV: need, and shutteth up his bowels
INT: having and might shut up the heart

Revelation 3:7 V-FIA-3S
GRK: καὶ οὐδεὶς κλείσει καὶ κλείων
NAS: one will shut, and who shuts
KJV: and no man shutteth; and shutteth,
INT: and no one shuts and shuts

Revelation 3:7 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: κλείσει καὶ κλείων καὶ οὐδεὶς
NAS: will shut, and who shuts and no one
KJV: shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
INT: shuts and shuts and no one

Revelation 3:8 V-ANA
GRK: οὐδεὶς δύναται κλεῖσαι αὐτήν ὅτι
NAS: no one can shut, because you have
KJV: no man can shut it: for
INT: no one is able to shut it because

Revelation 11:6 V-ANA
GRK: τὴν ἐξουσίαν κλεῖσαι τὸν οὐρανόν
NAS: have the power to shut up the sky, so
KJV: have power to shut heaven, that
INT: the authority to shut the sky

Revelation 20:3 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἄβυσσον καὶ ἔκλεισεν καὶ ἐσφράγισεν
NAS: him into the abyss, and shut [it] and sealed
KJV: shut him up, and set a seal
INT: abyss and shut and sealed

Revelation 21:25 V-ASP-3P
GRK: οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν ἡμέρας νὺξ
NAS: its gates will never be closed;
KJV: shall not be shut at all by day:
INT: no not shall be shut by day night

Strong's Greek 2808
16 Occurrences


ἔκλεισεν — 1 Occ.
ἐκλείσθη — 2 Occ.
ἐκλείσθησαν — 1 Occ.
κεκλεισμένων — 2 Occ.
κεκλεισμένον — 1 Occ.
κέκλεισται — 1 Occ.
κλείετε — 1 Occ.
κλείων — 1 Occ.
κλεῖσαι — 2 Occ.
κλείσας — 1 Occ.
κλείσῃ — 1 Occ.
κλείσει — 1 Occ.
κλεισθῶσιν — 1 Occ.

















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