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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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κλείς

Strong’s: G2807

Associated OET lemmas: κλείς

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: κλείς; κλειδός

Related lemmas: κλείω

Sense 1: key

Semantic entry: 6.220

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Miscellaneous

Definition: an instrument used for locking and unlocking doors and gates

Notes: In rendering RV REV 9:1 · LV REV 9:1 · Read together REV 9:1 it may not be possible to speak of ‘the key to the abyss,’ but rather ‘the key to the entrance to the abyss’ or ‘the key used in opening or closing the gate to the abyss.’

Further resources: realia:3.1.2.2

MAT 16:19: RV MAT 16:19 · LV MAT 16:19 · Read together MAT 16:19

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OET-RV MAT 16:19

19 I’ll give you the heavenly kingdom’s keys, and whatever you restrain on the earth will be restrained in the heavens, and whatever you free on the earth will be freed in the heavens.”

OET-LV MAT 16:19

19 I_will_be_giving the keys of_the kingdom of_the heavens, to_you, and whatever if you_may_bind on the earth, will_be having_been_bound in the heavens, and whatever if you_may_untie/release on the earth, will_be having_been_untied/released in the heavens.

REV 9:1: RV REV 9:1 · LV REV 9:1 · Read together REV 9:1

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OET-RV REV 9:1

9 Then the fifth messenger blew his trumpet and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he/it was given the key to the deep, dark pit.

OET-LV REV 9:1

9 And the fifth messenger trumpeted, and I_saw a_star out_of the sky having_fallen to the earth, and was_given to_him the key of_the pit of_the abyss,
All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 16:19 · LV MAT 16:19 · Read together MAT 16:19

REV: RV REV 9:1 · RV REV 20:1 · LV REV 9:1 · LV REV 20:1 · Read together REV 9:1 · Read together REV 20:1

Sense 2: the means of, the key to

Semantic entry: 57.63

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of κλείς[a] ‘key,’ 6.220: κλείς) a means of acquiring something

Notes: One may also translate this expression in RV LUK 11:52 · LV LUK 11:52 · Read together LUK 11:52 as ‘you have kept to yourselves the key to knowledge’ or ‘… the means by which one may gain understanding.’

LUK 11:52: RV LUK 11:52 · LV LUK 11:52 · Read together LUK 11:52

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OET-RV LUK 11:52

52 “You religious law experts won’t end well, because you took away the key to knowledge—not only did you not enter yourselves, but you also forbade others from entering.”

OET-LV LUK 11:52

52 Woe to_you_all the lawyers, because you_all_took_away the key of_the knowledge, yourselves you_all_ not _came_in, and you_all_forbade the ones coming_in.

REV 1:18: RV REV 1:18 · LV REV 1:18 · Read together REV 1:18

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OET-RV REV 1:18

18 I lived and died here on the earth, but look, now I’m alive again and will live for all eternity, and I control the keys over death and over hell.

OET-LV REV 1:18

18 and which living and I_became dead, and see, living I_am to the ages of_the ages, and I_am_having the keys of_ the _death and of_ the _Haidaʸs.
All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 11:52 · LV LUK 11:52 · Read together LUK 11:52

REV: RV REV 1:18 · RV REV 3:7 · LV REV 1:18 · LV REV 3:7 · Read together REV 1:18 · Read together REV 3:7