verb
katakleiamō
Strong’sG2623
I shut up, confine
stem kataklei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
κατα-κλείω,
[in LXX: Je 39 (32):3 (כּלא), Wi 17:2, 16, II Mac 13:21, III Mac 3:25*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2623 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
old Attic dialect κατακλῄω Refs 5th c.BC+future κατακλιῶ uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, aorist -εκλεισάμηνRefs 5th c.BC+ —passive, aorist -εκλῄσθην, -εκλείσθην (see. below); Ionic dialect -εκληΐσθηνRefs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect -εκλᾴσθηνRefs 3rd c.BC+: perfect -κέκλῃμαιRefs 5th c.BC+
I with accusative person, shut in, enclose, e. g. a mummy in its case, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. εἰς πολιορκίαν, εἰς δυσχωρίας, NT+1st c.BC+, i.e. not to be a cosmopolite, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ἐς τὸ τεῖχος κατακλῄεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅταν ἐς [νεφέλας] ἄνεμος κατακλῃσθῇ Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, shut oneself up, ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις Refs 5th c.BC+; also κατεκλᾴζετο shut up the bride with oneself [in the bridal-chamber], Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, κατεκλᾴσθης Refs
I.2 metaphorically, νόμῳ κ. shut up, i.e. compel, oblige, ἂν.. πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν νόμῳ κατακλείσητε ἐπὶ τῷ πολέμῳ μένειν Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 metaphorically, τῆς πόλεως εἰς κίνδυνον μέγιστον κατακεκλειμένης being reduced, Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, confine, ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν πέρατι -κέκλειται τἀγαθόν Refs 5th c.BC+; κατακλείειν τὸ πᾶν τῆς τέχνης εἰς.. confine the whole business of art to.., Refs 3rd c.AD+
II c.accusative of things, shut up, close, τὰς πυλίδας Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἐργαστήριον Refs 5th c.BC+:—in passive, of humours in the body, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 clamp down, make fast, of stones in masonry, Refs; also κ. [τὴν δεξιάν] Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3 close a speech, conclude, Refs 3rd c.AD+; εἰς ἀπειλὴν κ. τὸν λόγον with a threat, Refs 1st c.BC+; οὐ κ. διάνοιαν give no complete sense, Refs; conclude an argument or inference, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| katakleiamaκατέκλεισα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | locked up | 1× |
| katakleiataκατέκλεισεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | locked up | 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, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katakleiamō | katakleiame | katakleiami | katakleiama1×κατέκλεισα | katakleiamē | katakleiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katakleiasō | katakleiase | katakleiasi | katakleiasa | katakleiasē | katakleiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katakleiatō | katakleiate | katakleiati | katakleiata1×κατέκλεισεν | katakleiatē | katakleiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katakleianō | katakleiane | katakleiani | katakleiana | katakleianē | katakleianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katakleiavō | katakleiave | katakleiavi | katakleiava | katakleiavē | katakleiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katakleialō | katakleiale | katakleiali | katakleiala | katakleialē | katakleialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katakleiameiō | katakleiameia | katakleiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katakleiaseiō | katakleiaseia | katakleiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katakleiateiō | katakleiateia | katakleiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katakleianeiō | katakleianeia | katakleianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katakleiaveiō | katakleiaveia | katakleiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katakleialeiō | katakleialeia | katakleialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katakleiasōr | katakleiasar | katakleiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katakleiatōr | katakleiatar | katakleiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katakleiavōr | katakleiavar | katakleiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katakleialōr | katakleialar | katakleialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katakleiamoiō | katakleiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katakleiasoiō | katakleiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katakleiatoiō | katakleiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katakleianoiō | katakleianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katakleiavoiō | katakleiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katakleialoiō | katakleialoia |
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 | katakleiarō | katakleiari | katakleiara | katakleiarē |
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 | katakleiarōntos | katakleiarintos | katakleiarantos | katakleiarēntos |
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
kataklei 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
katakleiama“locked up”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×
Acts 26:10“locked up”… tē toiu hagioiu mis en fulakai katakleiama tan para toiu archierevoiu exousian labarantos, …… Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when …
katakleiata“locked up”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 3:20“locked up”prostithata kai houtem epi pantei, kai katakleiata ton Iōannon en fulaka.Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.