Word Study · Strong's G2807 · Greek
κλείς
kleis
klice
Strong's 1890 spelling: kleís
“a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
Rendered in the KJV as
key.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- κλεῖν2
- κλεῖδα1
- κλεῖδας1
- κλεὶς1
- κλεῖς1
How it is rendered · 2
- key4
- keys2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
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- N-ASF · 3
- N-APF · 2
- N-NSF · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Revelation4 occurrences
- Revelation 1:18κλεῖςkleisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralthe Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.here: keys
- Revelation 3:7κλεῖνkleinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularTo the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.here: key
- Revelation 9:1κλεὶςkleisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThen the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.here: key
- Revelation 20:1κλεῖνkleinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.here: key