Greek noun (feminine) · G2807
κλείς
kleisklice
key
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kleís
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2807is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2807
a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
The King James renders it: key.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kleis is rendered "key". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:19κλεῖδας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- key4
- keys2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κλείω | kleio | to shut | Uses16 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κλεῖν2
- κλεῖδα1
- κλεῖδας1
- κλεὶς1
- κλεῖς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
one use
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
- κλεῖδαςkleidasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: keys
Luke
one use
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- κλεῖδαkleidanoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: key
Revelation
four uses
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- κλεῖςkleisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: keys
To 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.
- κλεῖνkleinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: key
Then 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.
- κλεὶςkleisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: key
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
- κλεῖνkleinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: key
Where it leads
Studies that open this word2
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.