G2808 – kleio – κλείω to close

Strong’s ID:
G2808
Greek Word:
κλείω
Transliteration:
kleio
Pronunciation:
kli’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
a primary verb
Usage Count:
16
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Find “kleio” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

to close

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

a primary verb; to close (literally or figuratively):—shut (up).

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to shut, shut up
2) metaphorically
2a) to cause the heavens to withhold rain
2b) to shut up compassion so that it is like a thing inaccessible to one, to be
devoid of pity towards one
2c) to obstruct the entrance into the kingdom of heaven

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.