Lexical Summary kleis: a key Original Word: κλεῖςTransliteration: kleis Phonetic Spelling: (klice) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a key Meaning: a key Strong's Concordance key. From kleio; a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively -- key. see GREEK kleio Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2807: κλείςκλείς, κλειδός, accusative κλεῖδα and κλεῖν (Luke 11:52; Revelation 3:7), accusative plural κλεῖδας and κλείς (Matthew 16:19; Revelation 1:18; cf. Kühner, § 130, i., p. 357; Winers Grammar, 65 (63), cf. Buttmann, 24 (22); (WH's Appendix, p. 157)), ἡ (from Homer down); a key. Since the keeper of the keys has the power to open and to shut, the word κλείς is figuratively used in the N. T. to denote power and authority of various kinds (cf. B. D., under the word |
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