The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κλείς

Lemmaκλείς
Citation formκλείς, ειδός, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa key
Strong’sG2807
Transliterationkleís
Definitiona key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
KJV glosses:--key.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences6

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κλεῖδα
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 11:52
κλεῖδας
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Matthew 16:19
κλεῖν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 20:1
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 3:7
κλεῖς
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Revelation 1:18
κλεὶς
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 9:1

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κλεις.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for κλείς with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.