noun · feminine
kleidas
Greekκλείς (kleis)
Strong’sG2807
a key
stem kleid-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κλείς, -δός, Att.. acc., κλεῖν, later -εῖδα, pl., κλεῖδες, -ας, contr., -εῖς, ἡ,
[in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Is 22:22, al.;]
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.
Every form
| 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
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
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
kleidas“key”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 9:1“key”Kai tos pemptos angelos salpizata; kai horama astēron ek tou ouranou piptarēton eis tan gēan, kai dōita auto tas kleidas teu freareu tau abussau;Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
kleidan“key”objectaccusative singular3×
Luke 11:52“key”ouai vi toi nomikoi, hoti airava tan kleidan tau gnōsiau; autois ouk eiserchava kai toin eisercherōtoin kōluava.Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
Revelation 3:7“key”Kai to angelo tau en Filadelfeia ekklēsau grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos hagios, tos alēthinos, tos echarōtos tan kleidan David, tos anoigarōtos kai oudenos kleiati, kai kleiarōtos kai oudenos anoigatō;To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
Revelation 20:1“key”Kai horama angelon katabainarōton ek tou ouranou, echarōton tan kleidan tau abussau kai halusian megan epi tan cheiran autou.Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
kleidain“keys”objectaccusative plural2×
Matthew 16:19“keys”dōami si tain kleidain tau basileiau toiu ouranoiu, kai hem ean daseia epi tau gēau eti dirētem en toi ouranoi, kai hem ean luaseia epi tau gēau eti luirētem en toi ouranoi.I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Revelation 1:18“keys”kai tos zōarōtos kai ginema nekros kai idou zōarōtos amō eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu kai echamō tain kleidain tou thanatou kai tou hadou.the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.