κλείςkleís
a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
Greek (New Testament) · G2807
Meanings
a key. Fig., τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Matthew 16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Luke 11:52; of David (cf. LXX, Isaiah 22:22), Revelation 3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Revelation 1:18; τ. ἀβύσσου, Revelation 20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ., Revelation 9:1.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 16:19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”
- Luke 11:52 “What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”
- Revelation 1:18 I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.
- Revelation 3:7 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia. This is the message from the one who is holy and true, the one who has the key of David. What he opens, no one can close; and what he closes, no one can open:
- Revelation 9:1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
- Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.