κλείω kleiō

Greek word for “to shut” · Strong’s G2808 · used 16 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

κλείω; to shut: θύραν;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kleiō in context, with how often each is used:

• shut 8
• shut up 2
• having shut 1
• has been shut 1
• may close up 1
• will shut 1
• shutting 1
• may be shut 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 20 (2), Revelation 3 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Luke 4 (1), Luke 11 (1), Acts 5 (1), Acts 21 (1), 1 John 3 (1)

Forms

• ἐκλείσθη 2
• κεκλεισμένων 2
• κλεῖσαι 2
• κλείσας 1
• κλείετε 1
• κέκλεισται 1
• κεκλεισμένον 1
• ἐκλείσθησαν 1
• κλείσῃ 1
• κλείσει 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kleiō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• θύρα thura “door” 8
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 5
• ἀνοίγω anoigō “to open” 3
• ἔσω esō “in/inner/inwardly” 2
• ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 4
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 3
• μικρός mikros “small” 2
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 3
• ἔτος etos “year” 2
• μέσος mesos “midst” 2

Key verses

The verses using kleiō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in…
• Matthew 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them…
• Matthew 25:10 — And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
• Luke 4:25 — But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was…
• John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and…
• John 20:26 — And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be…
• Acts 21:30 — And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
• 1 John 3:17 — But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
• Revelation 3:7 — 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…
• Revelation 3:8 — I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not…
• Revelation 11:6 — These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with…
• Revelation 20:3 — And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.