Strong G608ἀποκλείω

to shut

Transliteration
apokleiō
Pronunciation
ap-ok-li'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and G2808; to close fully: - shut up.

Detailed definition

ἀπο-κλείω
[in LXX chiefly for סָגַר;]
to shut fast: Luk.13:25.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G608 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shut1

First verses

  1. Luke 13:25
    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποκλείω,
future -κλείσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.20)]: Ionic dialectἀποκληίω: Attic dialect ἀποκλήω, future -κλῃσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 775)]: Doric dialect aorist imperative -κλᾳξον[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.43)]:—shut off from or out of, τινὰ τῶν πυλέων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.104; δωμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 670)]; ἀ. τινά shut her out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.43, 77; τινὰ τῇ κιλκλίδι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 775; τῇ θύρᾳ [prev. author] “Ec.” 420)]:—middle, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς διαβάσεως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.101:)] —passive, ἀ. τῆς διεξόδου [ὕδωρ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.117; τῆς ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ [prev. work] 55)]; τοῦ ἄστεος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 58; ἀ. τῶν πυλῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 423 codices; τῆς θύρας 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 23; ὑπὸ τῆς ἵππου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.50.)]
2 shut out or exclude from, τούτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.37, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.17; ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλαθῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 601; also ἀποκεκλῄκαμεν.. θεοὺς μηκέτι.. διαπερᾶν πόλιν [prev. author] “Av.” 1263:)] —passive, ἀ. τοῦ σίτου, τῶν προσηκόντων, turn away from food, have no appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 1; τῶν σιτίων [prev. author] “Vict.” 3.81, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.11; ἀ.τοῦ λόγου τυχεῖν [prev. author] 45.19; πρὸς τὰς ὁτουδήποτε ἀποκλείονται μεταδόσεις)]refuse, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.17.)]
II with accusative only, shut up, close, τὰς πύλας, τὰ ἱρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.150, 2.133)]; τὰ.. πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἔχοντα τό τε Πήλιον ὄρος καὶ ἡ Ὄσσα ἀποκληΐει, of Thessaly,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (7.129; ἀ. τὰς ἐφόδους τῶν ἐπιτηδείων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.3)]:—passive, to be closed, ἀ. αἱ πύλαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.117)]; ἀ. ἡ Σκυθικὴ ὑπὸ Ἀγαθύρσων, i.e. is bounded by them, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.100)]; of a road, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 8.4.)]
II.2 shut up, as if in prison, δέμας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1388, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 719; τὴν πόλιν ἀ. μοχλοῖς [prev. author] “Lys.” 487; ἀ. τινὰ ἔνδον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.41)]:—passive, ἀποκλεσθαι ἐν δωματίῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.17.)]
II.3 shut out, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν intercept, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.7)]; ἀ. τὴν βλάστην τοῦ πτεροῦ bar its growth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251d)]:— passive, τὸ φῶς ἀποκέκλεισται[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 904b18.)]