What does κλείς (kleís) mean in the Bible?
κλείς (kleís): Authority or access to something; metaphorically represents power to open or close spiritual realms.
Greek · G2807
κλείς
A key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
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κλείς G2807
Pronunciation kleís
What does κλείς (kleís) mean in the Bible?
κλείς (kleís): Authority or access to something; metaphorically represents power to open or close spiritual realms.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2807?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include key (4), keys (2).
Where does κλείς (kleís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 16:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It key 4× Luke 11:52, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 20:1
keys 2× Matthew 16:19, Revelation 1:18
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 16:19 κλεῖδας to keys Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 11:52 κλεῖδα to key Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 1:18 κλεῖς to keys Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 3:7 κλεῖν to key Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 9:1 κλεὶς to key Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 20:1 κλεῖν to key Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 16:19
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Revelation 4
Source forms
κλεῖν 2x klein Revelation 3:7, Revelation 20:1
κλεῖδα 1x kleida Luke 11:52
κλεῖδας 1x kleidas Matthew 16:19
κλεὶς 1x kleis Revelation 9:1
κλεῖς 1x kleis Revelation 1:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Luke 11:52, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 20:1
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 16:19, Revelation 1:18
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 9:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Authority or access to something; metaphorically represents power to open or close spiritual realms.
Strong's G2807
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 11:45–54 Source Gloss
a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 16:19 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κλεῖς kleiv
a key
Read verse Luke 11:52 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κλεῖδα kleida
a key
Read verse Revelation 1:18 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κλεῖς kleiv
a key
Read verse Revelation 3:7 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κλεῖδα kleida
a key
Read verse Revelation 9:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κλεὶς kleiv
a key
Read verse Revelation 20:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κλεῖδα kleida
a key
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
key
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κλείς is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Symbolizes authority over access to divine knowledge. Luke 11:45–54
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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