Strong's Lexicon
G2807 — κλείς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2807 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κλείς |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2808 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | kleis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kleis' |
| Meaning: | 1. a key (as shutting a lock) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | key |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλείς, κλειδός, accusative κλεῖδα and κλεῖν (Luk 11:52; Rev 3:7), accusative plural κλεῖδας and κλείς (Mat 16:19; Rev 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, Rev 9:1, cf. ; τῆς ἀβύσσου, to shut, Rev 20:1, cf. ; τοῦ θανάτου καί τοῦ ᾅδου, the power to bring back into life from Hades and to leave there, Rev 1:18; τῆς γνώσεως, the ability and opportunity to obtain knowledge, Luk 11:52; τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν (see βασιλεία, 3 e., p. 97b under the end), Mat 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, Rev 3:7 (apparently after Isa 22:22, where ἡ κλείς οἴκου Δαυίδ is given to the steward of the royal palace).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κλείς (key)
Matthew 16:19
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και δώσω σοι τας κλείς της βασιλείας των ουρανών και ο εάν δήσης επί της γης έσται δεδεμένον εν τοις ουρανοίς και ο εάν λύσης επί της γης έσται λελυμένον εν τοις ουρανοίς
Luke 11:52
- KJV: Woe 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
- GK: ουαί υμίν τοις νομικοίς ότι ήρατε την κλείδα της γνώσεως αυτοί ουκ εισήλθετε και τους εισερχομένους εκωλύσατε
Revelation 1:18
- KJV: he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keys of hell and of death
- GK: και ο ζων και εγενόμην νεκρός και ιδού ζων ειμί εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων αμήν και έχω τας κλείς του θανάτου και του άδου
Revelation 3:7
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και τω αγγέλω της εν Φιλαδελφεία εκκλησίας γράψον τάδε λέγει ο άγιος ο αληθινός ο έχων την κλειν του Δαβίδ ο ανοίγων και ουδεις κλείει και κλειει και ουδεις ανοιγει
Revelation 9:1
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και ο πέμπτος άγγελος εσάλπισε και είδον αστέρα εκ του ουρανού πεπτωκότα εις την γην και εδόθη αυτώ η κλείς του φρέατος της αβύσσου
Revelation 20:1
- KJV: And I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand
- GK: και είδον άγγελον καταβαίνοντα εκ του ουρανού έχοντα την κλείν της αβύσσου και άλυσιν μεγάλην επί την χείρα αυτού