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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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κλείς

MainId: 002821000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2807

BaseForms:

  1. 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