Strong G2807κλείς
key
- Transliteration
- kleis
- Pronunciation
- klice
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2808; a key (as shutting a lock) literally or figuratively: - key.
Detailed definition
κλείς, -δός Att.. accusative, κλεῖν, later -εῖδα, pl., κλεῖδες, -ας, contr., -εῖς, ἡ,
[in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Isa.22:22, al.;]
a key. Fig., τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Luk.11:52; of David (cf. LXX, l.with), Rev.3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Rev.1:18; τ. ἀβύσσαυ, Rev.20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ., Rev.9:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Isa.22:22, al.;]
a key. Fig., τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Luk.11:52; of David (cf. LXX, l.with), Rev.3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Rev.1:18; τ. ἀβύσσαυ, Rev.20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ., Rev.9:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2807 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- key6
First verses
- Matthew 16:19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- Luke 11:52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
- Revelation 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Revelation 3:7And 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 no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
- Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
- Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κλείς, ἡ,
genitive κλειδός; Attic dialectaccusative κλεῖν, see.below 1.3, 111, later κλεῖδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.306 (from Aristo), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 9: _plural_ κλεῖδες, κλεῖδας, _contraction_ κλεῖς, see below 111, _dative_ κλεισίν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371b)]:—Ionic dialect κληΐς [ῑ], κληῗδος, κληῗδα, etc. [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only the _Ionic dialect_ form))]:—Doric dialect κλᾱΐς, κλαΐδος [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 23, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.39; but _accusative_ _plural_ κλᾱῗδας [prev. work] 8.4)]; accusative κλαῖδα or κλᾷδα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 45)]; compare κλᾴξ:—Aeolic dialect κλᾶϊς (κλαῖς codex)· μοχλός, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; κλάϊς accusative κλάϊν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“Etymologicum Gudianum” cited in Schaefer “Greg.Cor.” p.584: _plural_ κλᾷδες κλᾶδες codex)· ζυγά, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—old Attic dialect κλῄς, κλῇδος, accusative κλῇδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 212 (_anapaest meter_), 661 (Lyric poetry): κλείς and κλῄς)] in the same Attic dialect Inscription, [Refs (“IG” 22.1414.44)] and 47. (κλᾱϝῑς, cf. Latin clavis, claudo.)
1 bar, bolt, θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσε (i.e. Hera, from within) κληῗδι κρυπτῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.168, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.241; κληῗδος ἱμάς [prev. work] 4.802, compare 838; ἐπὶ δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἐτάνυσσεν ἱμάντι 1.442)]; ={ἐπιβλής}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.455.)]
2 catch or hook, passed through the door from the outside to catch the strap (ἱμάς) attached to the bar (ὀχεύς), ἐν δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἧκε, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας ἄντα τιτυσκομένη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.47, compare 50; οἴξασα κληῗδι θύρας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.89; δοιοὶ δ᾽ ἔντοσθεν ὀχῆες εἶχον ἐπημοιβοί, μία δὲ κληῒς ἐπαρήρει 12.456, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.14.)]
3 later, key, τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13)]; κλεῖν παρακλείδιον a false key, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 77: _plural_, κλῇδας οἶδα δώματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 827, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 448; Λακωνικὴ κ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 343; κυριεύσοντα τῶν κ. “OGI” 229.56 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC))]; of a sacred key carried in processions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“SIG” 900.14 (Panamara, 4th c.AD), 996.24 (Smyrna, perhaps 1st c.AD).)]
4 metaphorically, Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων ἔχοισα κλαῗδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.4, compare 9.39)]; ἔστι κἀμοὶ κλῂς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, of silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 316, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1052 (Lyric poetry); καθαρὰν ἀνοῖξαι κλῇδα φρενῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 661 (Lyric poetry))]; κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει, of Hera, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 976 (Lyric poetry))]; of the key to a problem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 179.4.)]
II hook or tongue of a clasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.294.)]
II.2 stop-cock, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.25.)]
III collar-bone, probably so called from its hook shape (see.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (above 1.2), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), ὅθι κληῒς ἀποέργει αὐχένα τε στῆθός τε 8.325; κληῗδα παρ᾽ ὦμον πλῆξ᾽, ἀπὸ δ᾽ αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ᾽ ἀπὸ νώτου 5.146; ᾗ κληῗδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσι 22.324, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7, “Art.” 13; πᾳῖσον ἐμᾶς ὑπὸ κλῇδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1035; τὴν κλεῖν συνετρίβην 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61; τὴν κλεῖν κατεαγώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67: _plural_, 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus Apoll.6, etc.; τὰ πλάγια καὶ τὰς κλεῖδας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 513b35; αἱ κλεῖδες (variant{κλεῖς}) καὶ αἱ πλευραί, of the crocodile, [prev. work] 516a28)]; κλεῖδες ὀπταί roast shoulder-bones of the tunny (with play on [Refs (1.3,)]visible keys, opposed to κρυπταὶ κλεῖδες of the Laconians), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 7.2, compare 3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.357a.)]
IV rowing bench in a ship, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”,)] always in plural; ἐπὶ κληῗσι καθίζειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.419, etc.; κληΐδεσσιν ἐφήμενοι 12.215; once in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, πεντήκοντ᾽ ἔσαν ἄνδρες ἐπὶ κληῗσιν 16.170; δησάμενοι.. ἐπὶ κληῗσιν ἐρετμά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.37.)]
V of promontories, straits, etc., Κληῗδες or Κληΐδες τῆς Κύπρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.108, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.6.3)]; πόντου κλῇδ᾽, of the Bosporus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 212 (Lyric poetry).)]
VI in plural, sacred chaplets, [Refs 5th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 256 (_anapaest meter_) (Ephes., _accusative_ to 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus).)]
VII in versification, clausula, cadence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1127.)]
genitive κλειδός; Attic dialectaccusative κλεῖν, see.below 1.3, 111, later κλεῖδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.306 (from Aristo), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 9: _plural_ κλεῖδες, κλεῖδας, _contraction_ κλεῖς, see below 111, _dative_ κλεισίν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371b)]:—Ionic dialect κληΐς [ῑ], κληῗδος, κληῗδα, etc. [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only the _Ionic dialect_ form))]:—Doric dialect κλᾱΐς, κλαΐδος [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 23, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.39; but _accusative_ _plural_ κλᾱῗδας [prev. work] 8.4)]; accusative κλαῖδα or κλᾷδα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 45)]; compare κλᾴξ:—Aeolic dialect κλᾶϊς (κλαῖς codex)· μοχλός, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; κλάϊς accusative κλάϊν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“Etymologicum Gudianum” cited in Schaefer “Greg.Cor.” p.584: _plural_ κλᾷδες κλᾶδες codex)· ζυγά, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—old Attic dialect κλῄς, κλῇδος, accusative κλῇδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 212 (_anapaest meter_), 661 (Lyric poetry): κλείς and κλῄς)] in the same Attic dialect Inscription, [Refs (“IG” 22.1414.44)] and 47. (κλᾱϝῑς, cf. Latin clavis, claudo.)
1 bar, bolt, θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσε (i.e. Hera, from within) κληῗδι κρυπτῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.168, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.241; κληῗδος ἱμάς [prev. work] 4.802, compare 838; ἐπὶ δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἐτάνυσσεν ἱμάντι 1.442)]; ={ἐπιβλής}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.455.)]
2 catch or hook, passed through the door from the outside to catch the strap (ἱμάς) attached to the bar (ὀχεύς), ἐν δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἧκε, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας ἄντα τιτυσκομένη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.47, compare 50; οἴξασα κληῗδι θύρας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.89; δοιοὶ δ᾽ ἔντοσθεν ὀχῆες εἶχον ἐπημοιβοί, μία δὲ κληῒς ἐπαρήρει 12.456, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.14.)]
3 later, key, τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13)]; κλεῖν παρακλείδιον a false key, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 77: _plural_, κλῇδας οἶδα δώματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 827, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 448; Λακωνικὴ κ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 343; κυριεύσοντα τῶν κ. “OGI” 229.56 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC))]; of a sacred key carried in processions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“SIG” 900.14 (Panamara, 4th c.AD), 996.24 (Smyrna, perhaps 1st c.AD).)]
4 metaphorically, Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων ἔχοισα κλαῗδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.4, compare 9.39)]; ἔστι κἀμοὶ κλῂς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, of silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 316, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1052 (Lyric poetry); καθαρὰν ἀνοῖξαι κλῇδα φρενῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 661 (Lyric poetry))]; κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει, of Hera, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 976 (Lyric poetry))]; of the key to a problem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 179.4.)]
II hook or tongue of a clasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.294.)]
II.2 stop-cock, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.25.)]
III collar-bone, probably so called from its hook shape (see.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (above 1.2), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), ὅθι κληῒς ἀποέργει αὐχένα τε στῆθός τε 8.325; κληῗδα παρ᾽ ὦμον πλῆξ᾽, ἀπὸ δ᾽ αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ᾽ ἀπὸ νώτου 5.146; ᾗ κληῗδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσι 22.324, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7, “Art.” 13; πᾳῖσον ἐμᾶς ὑπὸ κλῇδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1035; τὴν κλεῖν συνετρίβην 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61; τὴν κλεῖν κατεαγώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67: _plural_, 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus Apoll.6, etc.; τὰ πλάγια καὶ τὰς κλεῖδας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 513b35; αἱ κλεῖδες (variant{κλεῖς}) καὶ αἱ πλευραί, of the crocodile, [prev. work] 516a28)]; κλεῖδες ὀπταί roast shoulder-bones of the tunny (with play on [Refs (1.3,)]visible keys, opposed to κρυπταὶ κλεῖδες of the Laconians), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 7.2, compare 3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.357a.)]
IV rowing bench in a ship, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”,)] always in plural; ἐπὶ κληῗσι καθίζειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.419, etc.; κληΐδεσσιν ἐφήμενοι 12.215; once in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, πεντήκοντ᾽ ἔσαν ἄνδρες ἐπὶ κληῗσιν 16.170; δησάμενοι.. ἐπὶ κληῗσιν ἐρετμά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.37.)]
V of promontories, straits, etc., Κληῗδες or Κληΐδες τῆς Κύπρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.108, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.6.3)]; πόντου κλῇδ᾽, of the Bosporus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 212 (Lyric poetry).)]
VI in plural, sacred chaplets, [Refs 5th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 256 (_anapaest meter_) (Ephes., _accusative_ to 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus).)]
VII in versification, clausula, cadence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1127.)]