Kleis means “key” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2807 — chashubah (“Hashubah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2807 κλείς (kleis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kleis (kleis') n. 1. a key (as shutting a lock) {literally or figuratively} It has 9 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include key and keys. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
kleis (kleis') n. 1. a key (as shutting a lock) {literally or figuratively} [from G2808] KJV: key Root(s): G2808
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2807. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
key
Usage: κλείς, -δός Att.. accusative, κλεῖν, later -εῖδα, pl., κλεῖδες, -ας, contr., -εῖς, ἡ, [in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Isa.22:22, al. ;] a key. Fig., τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Luk.11:52; of David (cf. LXX, l.with), Rev.3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Rev.1:18; τ. ἀβύσσαυ, Rev.20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ., Rev.9:1.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kleis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2807 (κλείς) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, And my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2807.
And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, And my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2807, grouped by book.
Kleis (Strong's G2807) is a Greek word most simply glossed "key". kleis (kleis') n. 1. a key (as shutting a lock) {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G2807 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2807 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as key and keys. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2807, with linked reader references where each row is available.