verb

katakleiamō

Greekκατακλείω (katakleiō)

Strong’sG2623

I shut up, confine

stem kataklei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

locked up2×

What it means

κατα-κλείω,

[in LXX: Je 39 (32):3 (כּלא), Wi 17:2, 16, II Mac 13:21, III Mac 3:25*;]

to shut up:. c. acc. pers., seq. ἐν φυλακῇ (-αῖς), Lk 3:20, Ac 26:10.†

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

Saidkat-ak-li'-o

to shut down (in a dungeon), i.e. incarcerate

Fromfrom G2596 and G2808;

King Jamesshut up.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

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	katakleiarōtos	katakleiaritos	katakleiaratos	katakleiarētos

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

katakleistem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

katakleiama“locked up”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×

Acts 26:10“locked up”hem kai poiama en Hierosolumei, kai polloin tē toiu hagioiu mis en fulakai katakleiama tan para toiu archierevoiu exousian lambaratos, anairirōtoiu tē autoiu kataferama psēfan,And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

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.