Greek verb · G2808
κλείω
kleiokli'-o
to shut
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kleíō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2808is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2808
to close (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: shut (up).
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
kleio is rendered "to shut". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6κλείσας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- shut4
- to shut2
- has been shut1
- having shut1
- he may close up1
- may be shut1
- shutting1
- was shut1
- was shut up1
- were shut1
- will shut1
- you shut up1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| κλείς | kleis | key | Uses6 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- ἐκλείσθη2
- κεκλεισμένων2
- κλεῖσαι2
- ἔκλεισεν1
- ἐκλείσθησαν1
- κεκλεισμένον1
- κέκλεισται1
- κλείετε1
- κλείσας1
- κλείσει1
- κλείσῃ1
- κλεισθῶσιν1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2V-RPP-GPF
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-APS-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RPI-3S
Matthew
three uses
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- κλείσαςkleisasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having shut
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- κλείετεkleieteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shut up
But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
- ἐκλείσθηekleistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was shut
Luke
two uses
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
- ἐκλείσθηekleistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was shut up
And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
- κέκλεισταιkekleistaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been shut
John
two uses
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
- κεκλεισμένωνkekleismenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: shut
Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
- κεκλεισμένωνkekleismenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: shut
Acts
two uses
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
- κεκλεισμένονkekleismenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: shut
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
- ἐκλείσθησανekleisthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were shut
1 John
one use
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
- κλείσῃkleiseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may close up
Revelation
six uses
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.
- κλείσειkleiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will shut
- κλείωνkleionverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: shutting
I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
- κλεῖσαιkleisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shut
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
- κλεῖσαιkleisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shut
And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
- ἔκλεισενekleisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shut
Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
- κλεισθῶσινkleisthosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may be shut
Where it leads
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.