Definition
κλείς, -δός Att.. accusative, κλεῖν, later -εῖδα, pl., κλεῖδες, -ας, contr., -εῖς, ἡ,
[in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Isaiah 22:22, al. ;]
a key. Fig., τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Matthew 16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Luke 11:52; of David (cf. LXX, l.with), Revelation 3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Revelation 1:18; τ. ἀβύσσαυ, Revelation 20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ., Revelation 9:1.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Matthew 16:19κλεῖδας · keysI 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.”
- Luke 11:52κλεῖδα · keyWoe 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.”
- Revelation 1:18κλεῖς · keys…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 3:7κλεῖν · keyTo 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.
- Revelation 9:1κλεὶς · keyThen 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.
- Revelation 20:1κλεῖν · keyThen I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.