κατακλείω
katakleiō · lock up
Greek word · Strong’s number G2623 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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katakleiō (κατακλείω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lock up”.
Shut in prison.
How to say it
ka·ta·klei·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To put someone in prison.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- locked up ×1
- shut up ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 3:20
added this also to them all, and locked up John in prison.
- Acts 26:10
which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests, and when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.