What does κλείς · Δαβίδ mean in the Bible?
κλείς · Δαβίδ is a Greek phrase meaning "royal authority to grant or deny access under Davidic rule".
Greek · G2807, G1138
τὴν κλεῖν Δαυίδ
A key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively · Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
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κλείς G2807 a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
Pronunciation kleís
Authority or access to something; metaphorically represents power to open or close spiritual realms.
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Δαβίδ G1138 Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
Pronunciation Dabíd
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What does τὴν κλεῖν Δαυίδ (tēn klein Dauid) mean in the Bible?
κλείς · Δαβίδ is a Greek phrase meaning "royal authority to grant or deny access under Davidic rule".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2807, G1138?
G2807, G1138 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. royal authority to grant or deny access under Davidic rule
Source Gloss
royal authority to grant or deny access under Davidic rule
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (4)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rev 9:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 11:52 · Rev 3:7 · Rev 20:1 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 16:19 · Rev 1:18 2×
Word Origins
τὴν κλεῖν Δαυίδ is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain