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Koine Greek wordlink #156821

SR GNT Rev 3:7 κλεῖν (klein) ‘true one having the key of Dawid/(Dāvid) the one opening_up’ Strongs=28070 Lemma=kleis
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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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 20:1 ‘heaven holding the key of the abyss and’ SR GNT Rev 20:1 word 10

OET-LV: 20 And I _saw an_messenger coming _down out _of the heaven, holding the key of _the abyss, and a_chain great in the hand of _him. (REV_20:1)

OET-RV: 20 Then I saw a messenger coming down from heaven holding the key to the pit as well as a heavy chain (REV 20:1)

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

OET-LV: 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. (LUK_11:52)

OET-RV: 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.” (LUK 11:52)

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

OET-LV: 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, (REV_9:1)

OET-RV: 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. (REV 9:1)

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