kleiō · shut, lock

What it means

kleiō (κλείω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “shut, lock”.

How to say it

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

1. To bar the way by pulling to or bolting a door.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• shut ×11
• had been locked ×2
• closes ×1
• locked ×1
• shuts ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×2
• John×2
• Acts×2
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×6

• Matthew 6:6

  But you, when you pray, go into your inner room and, having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• Matthew 23:13

  But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are going in to go in.

• Matthew 25:10

  And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

• Luke 4:25

  But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when heaven was shut for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

• Luke 11:7

  and that one from inside answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?

• John 20:19

  So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were had been locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and says to them, “Peace to you.”

• John 20:26

  And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, though the doors had been locked, and stood in the middle and said, “Peace to you.”

• Acts 5:23

  saying, “We found the prison locked with all security and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

• Acts 21:30

  And the whole city was stirred up, and the people came running together; and seizing Paul, they were dragging him out of the temple, and at once the doors were shut.

• 1 John 3:17

  But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

• Revelation 3:7

  And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: This is what the Holy One, the True One, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens, says:

• Revelation 3:8

  I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one can shut, because you have little power, and you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

• Revelation 11:6

  These have the authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they want.

• Revelation 20:3

  and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things he must be released for a short time.

• Revelation 21:25

  And its gates will never be shut by day, for night will not be there.

And 1 more times.