κλείωkleíō

Meanings

Same root

• ἐκκλείωekkleíō · G1576to shut out (literally or figuratively)
• κλείςkleís · G2807a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
• ἀποκλείωapokleíō · G608to close fully
• κατακλείωkatakleíō · G2623to shut down (in a dungeon), i.e. incarcerate
• συγκλείωsynkleíō · G4788to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
• Matthew 23:13 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
• Matthew 25:10 “But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.
• Luke 4:25 “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.
• Luke 11:7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’
• John 20:19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said.