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κλείς

MainId: 002821000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2807

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002821001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: κλείς
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: κλειδός
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'κλείω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002821001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 6.220
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Artifacts
  LEXSubDomains: Miscellaneous
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 11:44:02
    DefinitionShort: an instrument used for locking and unlocking doors and gates
    Glosses: key
    Comments: In rendering {S:06600900100040} 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.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 16:19, REV 9:1, REV 20:1
  LEXLinks: realia:3.1.2.2
2. LEXID: 002821001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 57.63
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange
  LEXSubDomains: Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 11:44:02
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κλείς}[a] ‘key,’ {D:6.220}) a means of acquiring something
    Glosses: ['the means of', 'the key to']
    Comments: One may also translate this expression in {S:04201105200016} as ‘you have kept to yourselves the key to knowledge’ or ‘… the means by which one may gain understanding.’
  LEXReferences: LUKE 11:52, REV 1:18, REV 3:7