key

Greek Noun Female

κλείς, -δός Att. accusative, κλεῖν, later -εῖδα, pl, κλεῖδες, -ας, contr, -εῖς, ἡ, [in LXX for מַפְתֵּחַ, Isa.22:22, al;] a key. Fig, τ. βασιλείας τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.16:19; τ. γνώσεως, Luk.11:52; of David (cf. LXX, l.with), Rev.3:7; τ. θανάτου κ. τ. ᾅδου, Rev.1:18; τ. ἀβύσσαυ, Rev.20:1; τ. φρέατος τῆς ἀ, Rev.9:1. (AS)

key

Greek Noun Female

κλείς, ἡ, genitive κλειδός; Attic dialectaccusative κλεῖν, see.below 1.3, 111, later κλεῖδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Ionic dialect κληΐς [ῑ], κληῗδος, κληῗδα, etc. [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect κλᾱΐς, κλαΐδος [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative κλαῖδα or κλᾷδα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare κλᾴξ:—Aeolic dialect κλᾶϊς (κλαῖς codex)· μοχλός, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; κλάϊς accusative κλάϊν [Refs 5th c.AD+]:—old Attic dialect κλῄς, κλῇδος, accusative κλῇδα [Refs 5th c.BC+] in the same Attic dialect Inscription, [Refs] and 47. (κλᾱϝῑς, cf. Latin clavis, claudo.) 1) bar, bolt, θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσε (i.e. Hera, from within) κληῗδι κρυπτῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ={ἐπιβλής}, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) catch or hook, passed through the door from the outside to catch the strap (ἱμάς) attached to the bar (ὀχεύς), ἐν δὲ κληῗδ᾽ ἧκε, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας ἄντα τιτυσκομένη [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) later, key, τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλεῖν παρακλείδιον a false key, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a sacred key carried in processions, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 4) metaphorically, Ἁσυχία βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων ἔχοισα κλαῗδας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔστι κἀμοὶ κλῂς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, of silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει, of Hera, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the key to a problem, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) hook or tongue of a clasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) stop-cock, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III) collar-bone, probably so called from its hook shape (see.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλεῖδες ὀπταί roast shoulder-bones of the tunny (with play on [Refs]visible keys, opposed to κρυπταὶ κλεῖδες of the Laconians), [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) rowing bench in a ship, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always in plural; ἐπὶ κληῗσι καθίζειν [Refs 8th c.BC+] V) of promontories, straits, etc, Κληῗδες or Κληΐδες τῆς Κύπρου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόντου κλῇδ᾽, of the Bosporus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VI) in plural, sacred chaplets, [Refs 5th c.AD+] VII) in versification, clausula, cadence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively; key; from g2808 (κλείω)