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Strong's G2808 κλείω (kleio)

kleio - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2808 — cheshbon (“account”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2808
Language Greek
Linked Usages 42
Books 21

Strong's G2808 Quick Answer

Strong's G2808 κλείω (kleio) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kleio (klei'-o) v. 1. to close {literally or figuratively} It has 42 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include shut. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kleio (klei'-o) v. 1. to close {literally or figuratively}
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
shut

Meaning and Definition

kleio (klei'-o) v. 1. to close {literally or figuratively} [a primary verb] KJV: shut (up)

Original Word
κλείω
Transliteration
kleio
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2808. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to shut

Usage: κλείω [in LXX chiefly for סָגַר ;] to shut: θύραν, Mat.6:6; τ. ἄβυσσον, Rev.20:3; pass., θύρα, Mat.25:10, Luk.11:7 (pl.), Jhn.20:19, 26, Act.21:30; δεσμωτήριον, Act.5:23; πυλῶνες, Rev.21:25. Metaphorical, τ. οὐρανόν, Luk.4:25, Rom.11:6; τ. σπλάγχνα, 1Jn.3:17; τ. βασιλείαν, Mat.23:14; id. absol., Rev.3:7; τ. θύραν, Rev.3:8. (cf. ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, συν-κλείω.) † (AS)

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How Strong's G2808 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kleio, 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.

shut Matthew 6:6 13×

How Strong's G2808 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2808 (κλείω) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2808 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2808 in the New Testament

15 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:6 KJV

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 23:13 KJV

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Matthew 25:10 KJV

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Strong's G2808 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 7:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noah, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.

Joshua 2:5 Septuagint / Brenton

but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye may overtake them.

Joshua 2:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.

Strong's G2808 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 42:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And locked up, where many hands are.

Daniel 1:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2808.

Genesis 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noah, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.
Joshua 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye may overtake them.
Joshua 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.
Judges 9:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut the door without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.
1 Kingdoms 23:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now according to all the king’s desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.
2 Chronicles 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord, and cut them in pieces, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem:
Nehemiah 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Nehemiah 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Job 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If he should cast down, who will build up? If he should shut up against men, who shall open?
Ecclesiastes 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, Because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; And he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, And all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
Song of Solomon 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Isaiah 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.
Isaiah 60:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy gates shall be opened continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; to bring in to thee the power of the Gentiles, and their kings as captives.
Ezekiel 44:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.
Ezekiel 44:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no one shall pass through it; for the Lord God of Israel shall enter by it, and it shall be shut.
Ezekiel 46:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God; The gate that is in the inner court, that looks eastward, shall be shut the six working days; but let it be opened on the Sabbath day, and it shall be opened on the day of the new moon.
Ezekiel 46:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the inner gate, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his whole burnt offerings and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the entrance of the gate: then shall he come forth; but the gate shall not be shut till evening.
Ezekiel 46:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the prince should prepare as a thanksgiving a whole burnt peace offering to the Lord, and should open for himself the gate looking eastward, and offer his whole burnt offering, and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day; then shall he go out, and shall shut the doors after he has gone out.
Matthew 6:6 New Testament, KJV
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 23:13 New Testament, KJV
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew 25:10 New Testament, KJV
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Luke 4:25 New Testament, KJV
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke 11:7 New Testament, KJV
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
John 20:19 New Testament, KJV
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
John 20:26 New Testament, KJV
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Acts 5:23 New Testament, KJV
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Acts 21:30 New Testament, KJV
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
1 John 3:17 New Testament, KJV
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Revelation 3:7 New Testament, KJV
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;
Revelation 3:8 New Testament, KJV
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Revelation 11:6 New Testament, KJV
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Revelation 20:3 New Testament, KJV
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Revelation 21:25 New Testament, KJV
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
Wisdom of Sirach 42:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And locked up, where many hands are.
Daniel 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
Daniel 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.
Book 151 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 152 1:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2808, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 5 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2808 FAQ

What does kleio (κλείω) mean?

Strong's G2808 is a Greek entry for G2808 κλείω (kleio). kleio (klei'-o) v. 1. to close {literally or figuratively}

How many times is kleio (κλείω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's G2808 across 21 books.

Where can I study kleio (κλείω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2808 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kleio (κλείω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shut. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2808 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2808, with linked reader references where each row is available.