kleidas

Strong’sG2807

a key

stem kleid-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 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.

κλείς, -δός, Att.. acc., κλεῖν, later -εῖδα, pl., κλεῖδες, -ας, contr., -εῖς, ἡ,

[in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Is 22:22, al.;]

a key. Fig., τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Mt 16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Lk 11:52; of David (cf. LXX, Is 22:22), Re 3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Re 1:18; τ. ἀβύσσου, Re 20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ., Re 9:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2807 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidklice

a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively

Fromfrom G2808;

King Jameskey.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

κλείς, ἡ,
genitive κλειδός; Attic dialectaccusative κλεῖν, see.below 1.3, 111, later κλεῖδα Refs 5th c.BC+:—Ionic dialect κληΐς [ῑ], κληῗδος, κληῗδα, etc. Refs 8th c.BC+:—Doric dialect κλᾱΐς, κλαΐδος [ῐ] Refs 5th c.BC+; accusative κλαῖδα or κλᾷδα Refs 3rd c.BC+; compare κλᾴξ:—Aeolic dialect κλᾶϊς (κλαῖς codex)· μοχλός, Refs 5th c.AD+; κλάϊς accusative κλάϊν Refs 5th c.AD+:—old Attic dialect κλῄς, κλῇδος, accusative κλῇδα Refs 5th c.BC+ in the same Attic dialect Inscription, Refs and 47. (κλᾱϝῑς, cf. Latin clavis, claudo.)
1 bar, bolt, θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσε (i.e. Hera, from within) κληῗδι κρυπτῇ Refs 8th c.BC+; ={ἐπιβλής}, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 catch or hook, passed through the door from the outside to catch the strap (ἱμάς) attached to the bar (ὀχεύς), ἐν δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἧκε, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας ἄντα τιτυσκομένη Refs 8th c.BC+
3 later, key, τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται Refs 5th c.BC+; κλεῖν παρακλείδιον a false key, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a sacred key carried in processions, Refs 1st c.AD+
4 metaphorically, Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων ἔχοισα κλαῗδας Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔστι κἀμοὶ κλῂς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, of silence, Refs 5th c.BC+; κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει, of Hera, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the key to a problem, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II hook or tongue of a clasp, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 stop-cock, Refs 2nd c.BC+
III collar-bone, probably so called from its hook shape (see.Refs 8th c.BC+; κλεῖδες ὀπταί roast shoulder-bones of the tunny (with play on Refsvisible keys, opposed to κρυπταὶ κλεῖδες of the Laconians), Refs 4th c.BC+
IV rowing bench in a ship, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+ always in plural; ἐπὶ κληῗσι καθίζειν Refs 8th c.BC+
V of promontories, straits, etc., Κληῗδες or Κληΐδες τῆς Κύπρου Refs 5th c.BC+; πόντου κλῇδ᾽, of the Bosporus, Refs 5th c.BC+
VI in plural, sacred chaplets, Refs 5th c.AD+
VII in versification, clausula, cadence, Refs 5th 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.

key4×keys2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kleidas1×κλεὶς	kleidais
object accusative	kleidan3×κλεῖν	kleidain2×κλεῖδας
direct address vocative	kleidar	kleidair
of, belonging to genitive	kleidau	kleidaiu
to, for dative	kleida	kleidai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kleidstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kleida 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.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

kleidas“key”subjectnominative singular1×

Revelation 9:1… tan gēan, kai dōita auto tas kleidas teu freateu tau abussau;… earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

kleidan“key”objectaccusative singular3×

Luke 11:52… vi toi nomikoi, hoti airava tan kleidan tau gnōsiau; autois ouk eiserchava kai …… For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not …

Revelation 3:7… hagios, tos alēthinos, tos echarōntos tan kleidan David, tos anoigarōntos kai oudenos kleiati, …… holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no …

Revelation 20:1… katabainarōnton ek tou ouranou, echarōnton tan kleidan tau abussau kai halusian megan epi …… coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his …

kleidain“keys”objectaccusative plural2×

Matthew 16:19dōami si tain kleidain tau basileiau toiu ouranoiu, kai hem …I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever …

Revelation 1:18… aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu kai echamō tain kleidain tou thanatou kai tou hadou.… and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.