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Koine Greek wordlink #166479

SR GNT Rev 20:1 κλεῖν (klein) ‘heaven holding the key of the abyss and’ Strongs=28070 Lemma=kleis
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular

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Other uses (1) of identical word form κλεῖν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κλεῖν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘key’.

Rev 3:7 ‘true one having the key of Dawid/(Dāvid) the one opening_up’ SR GNT Rev 3:7 word 22

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kleis’ have 2 different glosses: ‘key’, ‘keys’.

Greek words (2) other than κλεῖν (N-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘key’

LUKE 11:52 κλεῖδα (kleida) N-AFS ‘because you_all took_away the key of the knowledge yourselves’ SR GNT Luke 11:52 word 9

REV 9:1 κλεὶς (kleis) N-NFS ‘was given to him the key of the pit of the’ SR GNT Rev 9:1 word 22

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular