κλείω (kleiō) means “to shut” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kli'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
κλείω · kleiō · to shut
κλείω [in LXX chiefly for סָגַר ;] to shut: θύραν, Mat.6:6; τ. ἄβυσσον, Rev.20:3; pass., θύρα, Mat.25:10, Luk.11:7 (pl.), Jhn.20:19, 26, Act.21:30; δεσμωτήριον, Act.5:23; πυλῶνες, Rev.21:25. Metaphorical, τ. οὐρανόν, Luk.4:25, Rom.11:6; τ. σπλάγχνα, 1Jn.3:17; τ. βασιλείαν, Mat.23:14; id. absol., Rev.3:7; τ. θύραν, Rev.3:8. (cf. ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, συν-κλείω.) † (AS)
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| locked | 3 |
| shut | 3 |
| was shut | 2 |
| can shut | 1 |
| shut it | 1 |
| to shut | 1 |
| were shut | 1 |
| what he shuts | 1 |
| will never be shut | 1 |
| withholds | 1 |
| you shut | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shut | 4 |
| shutteth | 2 |
| were shut | 2 |
| be shut | 1 |
| being shut | 1 |
| shall | 1 |
| shutteth up | 1 |
| to shut | 1 |
| up | 1 |
| was shut | 1 |
| was shut up | 1 |
| when thou hast shut | 1 |
| ye shut up | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 15 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.
Read word by wordWoe 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.’
Read word by wordIt 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.
Read word by wordEight 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.”
Read word by word“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordIf anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Read word by wordTo 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.
Read word by wordI know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
Read word by wordThese 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordIts gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
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