verb
apokleiamō
Strong’sG608
I shut
stem apoklei-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀπο-κλείω,
[in LXX chiefly for סגר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G608 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -κλείσωRefs 5th c.BC+: Ionic dialectἀποκληίω: Attic dialect ἀποκλήω, future -κλῃσωRefs 5th c.BC+: Doric dialect aorist imperative -κλᾳξονRefs 3rd c.BC+:—shut off from or out of, τινὰ τῶν πυλέωνRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τινά shut her out, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς διαβάσεωςRefs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ἀ. τῆς διεξόδου [ὕδωρ] Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ ἄστεοςRefs 5th c.BC+
2 shut out or exclude from, τούτωνRefs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ἀ. τοῦ σίτου, τῶν προσηκόντων, turn away from food, have no appetite, Refs 5th c.BC+refuse, Refs 1st c.BC+
II with accusative only, shut up, close, τὰς πύλας, τὰ ἱρά, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ.. πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἔχοντα τό τε Πήλιον ὄρος καὶ ἡ Ὄσσα ἀποκληΐει, of Thessaly,Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be closed, ἀ. αἱ πύλαιRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἡ Σκυθικὴ ὑπὸ Ἀγαθύρσων, i.e. is bounded by them, Refs; of a road, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 shut up, as if in prison, δέμαςRefs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ἀποκλεσθαι ἐν δωματίῳRefs 5th c.BC+
II.3 shut out, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν intercept, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τὴν βλάστην τοῦ πτεροῦ bar its growth, Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, τὸ φῶς ἀποκέκλεισταιRefs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| apokleiateiaἀποκλείσῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | shut | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apokleiamō | apokleiame | apokleiami | apokleiama | apokleiamē | apokleiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apokleiasō | apokleiase | apokleiasi | apokleiasa | apokleiasē | apokleiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apokleiatō | apokleiate | apokleiati | apokleiata | apokleiatē | apokleiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apokleianō | apokleiane | apokleiani | apokleiana | apokleianē | apokleianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apokleiavō | apokleiave | apokleiavi | apokleiava | apokleiavē | apokleiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apokleialō | apokleiale | apokleiali | apokleiala | apokleialē | apokleialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apokleiameiō | apokleiameia | apokleiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apokleiaseiō | apokleiaseia | apokleiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apokleiateiō | apokleiateia1×ἀποκλείσῃ | apokleiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apokleianeiō | apokleianeia | apokleianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apokleiaveiō | apokleiaveia | apokleiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apokleialeiō | apokleialeia | apokleialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apokleiasōr | apokleiasar | apokleiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apokleiatōr | apokleiatar | apokleiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apokleiavōr | apokleiavar | apokleiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apokleialōr | apokleialar | apokleialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apokleiamoiō | apokleiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apokleiasoiō | apokleiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apokleiatoiō | apokleiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apokleianoiō | apokleianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apokleiavoiō | apokleiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apokleialoiō | apokleialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apokleiarō | apokleiari | apokleiara | apokleiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apokleiarōntos | apokleiarintos | apokleiarantos | apokleiarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
apoklei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
apokleiateia“shut”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
Luke 13:25“shut”… hou an egeriteia tos oikodespotos kai apokleiateia tan thuran, kai archeveia exō stēarē …After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord …