GreekG2807Noun (Feminine)

κλείς

kleis

6Occurrences
G2807Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively

from G2808 (κλείω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
θανάτου κ. ᾅδου; ἀβύσσαυ; φρέατος τῆς ἀ.
LXX: for מַפְתֵּחַ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

κλείς appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
4
Luke
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Luke 11:52BSB

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.”

Matthew 16:19BSB

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.”

Revelation 1:18BSB

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.

Revelation 20:1BSB

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

Revelation 3:7BSB

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.

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