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Strong's G4788 συγκλείω (synkleio)

Synkleio means “shut together” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4788 — marud (“cast out”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4788
Language Greek
Linked Usages 45
Books 22

Strong's G4788 Quick Answer

Strong's G4788 συγκλείω (sugkleio) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sugkleio (soong-klei'-o) v. 1. to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to [from G4862 and G2808] It has 45 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include shut. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
sugkleio (soong-klei'-o) v. 1. to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to [from G4862 and G2808]
Usage
45 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
shut

Meaning and Definition

sugkleio (soong-klei'-o) v. 1. to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to [from G4862 and G2808] KJV: conclude, inclose, shut up Root(s): G4862, G2808

Original Word
συγκλείω
Transliteration
sugkleio
Derivation
Root: κλείω R1: 4862 R2: 2808
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4788. 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 confine

Usage: συν-κλείω (Rec. συγκ-), [in LXX chiefly for סגר ;] to shut together, enclose, shut in on all sides: of a catch of fish, Luk.5:6; metaphorically (Psa.31:9, al.), Rom.11:32, Gal.3:22-23.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4788 Is Translated

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

How Strong's G4788 Usage Compares

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

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 28 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 G4788 (συγκλείω) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4788 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 G4788 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 5:6 KJV

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

Romans 11:32 KJV

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Galatians 3:22 KJV

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

Strong's G4788 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 16:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 20:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

Exodus 14:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Pharaoh will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in.

Strong's G4788 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:

Judith 13:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.

1 Maccabees 3:18 Septuagint / Brenton

Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company;

Usage Excerpts

First 45 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4788.

Genesis 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
Exodus 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in.
Joshua 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Jericho was closely shut up and besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in.
1 Kingdoms 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.
3 Kingdoms 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar
3 Kingdoms 7:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of pure gold, and the lampstands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold.
3 Kingdoms 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the vessels made by Solomon were of gold, and the lavers were golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.
3 Kingdoms 11:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this was the occasion of his lifting up his hands against King Solomon: now King Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.
4 Kingdoms 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.
4 Kingdoms 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all were mighty men fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive to Babylon.
Job 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because it shut not up the gates of my mother’s womb, For so it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.
Job 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Death is rest to such a man, For God has hedged him in.
Psalms 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: Their mouth has spoken pride.
Psalms 30:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: Thou hast set my feet in a wide place.
Psalms 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.
Psalms 77:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made a way for his wrath; He spared not their souls from death, But consigned their cattle to death;
Psalms 77:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave his people to the sword; And disdained his inheritance.
Proverbs 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
Isaiah 45:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.
Jeremiah 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open them: Judah is removed into captivity, they have suffered a complete removal.
Jeremiah 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war wherewith ye fight against the Chaldeans that have besieged you from outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
Jeremiah 21:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine: but he that goes forth to advance to the Chaldeans that have besieged you, shall live, and his life shall be to him for a spoil, and he shall live.
Ezekiel 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it for an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.
Amos 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut them up into Edom.
Amos 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they shut up the prisoners of Solomon into Edom, and remembered not the covenant of brethren.
Obadiah 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shouldest thou have stood at the opening of their passages, to destroy utterly those of them that were escaping; neither shouldest thou have shut up his fugitives in the day of affliction.
Malachi 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and one will not kindle the fire of mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands.
Luke 5:6 New Testament, KJV
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Romans 11:32 New Testament, KJV
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Galatians 3:22 New Testament, KJV
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Galatians 3:23 New Testament, KJV
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Judith 5:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
Judith 13:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
1 Maccabees 3:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company;
1 Maccabees 4:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their power and horsemen:
1 Maccabees 5:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He shut them up therefore in the towers, and encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned the towers of that place with fire, and all that were therein.
1 Maccabees 6:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
About this time they that were in the tower shut up the Israelites round about the sanctuary, and sought always their hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen.
1 Maccabees 6:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But with them that were in Beth-zur he made peace: for they came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land.
1 Maccabees 11:65 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Simon encamped against Beth-zur, and fought against it a long season, and shut it up:
1 Maccabees 15:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Antiochus the king camped against Dor the second day, assaulting it continually, and making engines, by which means he shut up Trypho, that he could neither go out nor in.
2 Maccabees 1:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was entered with a small company into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in:
2 Maccabees 8:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and took their money that came to buy them, and pursued them far: but lacking time they returned:
2 Maccabees 12:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Shut up alms in thy storehouses: And it shall deliver thee from all affliction.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4788, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4788 FAQ

What does synkleio (συγκλείω) mean?

Synkleio (Strong's G4788) is a Greek word most simply glossed "shut together". sugkleio (soong-klei'-o) v. 1. to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to [from G4862 and G2808]

How many times is synkleio (συγκλείω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 45 linked usages for Strong's G4788 across 22 books.

Where can I study synkleio (συγκλείω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4788 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate synkleio (συγκλείω)?

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 G4788 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 28 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4788, with linked reader references where each row is available.