κλείω

κλείω — kleíō

κλείω; future κλείσω, Rev 3:7 L T Tr WH; 1 aorist ἐκλεισα; passive, perfect κεκλεισμαι, participle κεκλεισμένος; 1 aorist ἐκλείσθην; Hebrew סָגַר; (from Homer down); to shut, shut up; properly: τήν θύραν, Mat 6:6; passive, Mat 25:10; Luk 11:7; plural, Joh 20:19; Joh 20:26; Act 21:30; a prison, passive Act 5:23; πυλῶνας, passive Rev 21:25; τήν ἄβυσσον, Rev 20:3 G L T Tr WH. Metaphorically: τόν οὐρανόν, i. e. to cause the heavens to withhold rain, Luk 4:25; Rev 11:6; τά σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπό τίνος, to shut up compassion so that it is like a thing inaccessible to one, to be devoid of pity toward one (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d., cf. Buttmann, 322 (277)), 1Jn 3:17; τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, to obstruct the entrance into the kingdom of heaven, Mat 23:13 (14); so used that τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ must be understood, Rev 3:7; τήν θύραν, namely, τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 3:8; cf. Bleek at the passage (Compare: ἀποκλείω, ἐκκλείω, κατακλείω, συγκλείω.)