- κλείω
- κλείω fut. κλείσω Rv 3:7; 1 aor. ἔκλεισα; pf. 3 pl. κεκλείκασιν 1 Km 23:20; aor. mid. impv. κλεῖσαι (ApcMos 12). Pass.: 1 aor. ἐκλείσθην; pf. κέκλεισμαι, 3 pl. κέκλεινται Sus 20 Theod., ptc. κεκλεισμένος (s. κλεῖς; Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, JosAs, GrBar, Joseph.)① to prevent passage at an opening, shut, lock, barⓐ lit. τὴν θύραν (Aristophon Com. [IV B.C.] 7 ed. Kock II p. 278; Herodas 6, 98; Epict. 3, 22, 14; 2 Ch 28:24; JosAs 5:9) Mt 6:6; Rv 3:8. Pass. (Menand., Epitr. 1076 S. [718 Kö.]; Jos., Ant. 18, 74; cp. X., Cyr. 7, 5, 27; JosAs 10:6; 14:5; GrBar 17:1; Did., Gen. 192, 4) Mt 25:10; Lk 11:7; J 20:19, 26; Ac 21:30. οἱ πυλῶνες the gates (of the heavenly Jerusalem; cp. Is 60:11) Rv 21:25.—Of structures close, lock (BGU 1116, 15 [13 B.C.]; Is 24:10) κ. τὴν σκηνήν close the tabernacle 1 Cl 43:3. Pass. δεσμωτήριον … κεκλεισμένον Ac 5:23. Shut (someone) in [Παῦλος ἐ]κ[έ]κλιστο AcPl Ha 2, 6; [οἱ κ]εκλισμένοι 3, 19.—Abs. shut (Jos., Vi. 153) Rv 3:7ab (cp. Is 22:22 v.l.); 20:3.ⓑ fig. κ. τὸν οὐρανόν shut the heavens, so that it does not rain Rv 11:6; pass. Lk 4:25. In a vision ἐκλείσθησαν οἱ οὐρανοί the heavens were closed Hv 1, 2, 1. κ. τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν shut the kingdom of heaven i.e. prevent people fr. entering it Mt 23:13 (MBlack, An Aramaic Approach3, ’67, 259–61 [Sin. Syriac]).② κ. τὰ σπλάγχνα ἀπό τινος close one’s heart against someone, an idiom 1J 3:17 (cp. a sim. figure στόμα κεκλεισμένον Sir 30:18).—B. 847f. DELG s.v. κλείς. M-M.
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