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In a metaphorical sense, it can denote authority or power to open and close, grant or deny access, or reveal and conceal knowledge or truth.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, keys were often large and made of wood or metal, symbolizing authority and control. The person who held the key had the power to grant or restrict access to a place or resource. In biblical contexts, keys often symbolize spiritual authority and the power to bind or loose, reflecting the cultural understanding of keys as symbols of control and access.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2808.htm">kleió</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a key<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>key (4), keys (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2807: κλείς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κλείς</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κλειδός</span>, accusative <span class="greek2">κλεῖδα</span> and <span class="greek2">κλεῖν</span> (<a href="/interlinear/luke/11-52.htm">Luke 11:52</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-7.htm">Revelation 3:7</a>), accusative plural <span class="greek2">κλεῖδας</span> and <span class="greek2">κλείς</span> (<a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a>; cf. Kühner, § 130, i., p. 357; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 65 (63), cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 24 (22); (<span class="manuref">WH</span>'s Appendix, p. 157)), <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down); <span class="accented">a key</span>. Since the keeper of the keys has the power to open and to shut, the word <span class="greek2">κλείς</span> is figuratively used in the N. T. to denote power and authority of various kinds (cf. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span>, under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Key>) viz. <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">φρέατος</span>, to open or unlock the pit, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1</a>, cf. <BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Revelation 9:2>; <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">ἀβύσσου</span>, to shut, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-1.htm">Revelation 20:1</a>, cf. <BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Revelation 20:3>; <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">θανάτου</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">ᾅδου</span>, the power to bring back into life from Hades and to leave there, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a>; <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">γνώσεως</span>, the ability and opportunity to obtain knowledge, <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-52.htm">Luke 11:52</a>; <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">βασιλείας</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">οὐρανῶν</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">βασιλεία</span></span>, 3 e., p. 97b under the end), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19</a>; <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Δαυίδ</span>, the power of David (who is a type of the Messiah, the second David), i. e. of receiving into the Messiah's kingdom and of excluding from it, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-7.htm">Revelation 3:7</a> (apparently after <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22-22.htm">Isaiah 22:22</a>, where <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κλείς</span> <span class="greek2">οἴκου</span> <span class="greek2">Δαυίδ</span> is given to the steward of the royal palace).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>key. <p>From <a href="/greek/2808.htm">kleio</a>; a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively -- key. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2808.htm">kleio</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κλειδα κλείδα κλεῖδα κλειδας κλεῖδας κλειδός κλειδών κλειν κλείν κλεῖν κλεις κλείς κλεὶς κλεῖς kleida kleîda kleidas kleîdas klein kleîn kleis kleìs kleîs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/16-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 16:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural">N-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοι τὰς <b>κλεῖδας</b> τῆς βασιλείας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I will give <span class="itali">you the keys</span> of the kingdom<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto thee <span class="itali">the keys</span> of the kingdom<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to you the <span class="itali">keys</span> of the kingdom<p><b><a href="/text/luke/11-52.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:52</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἤρατε τὴν <b>κλεῖδα</b> τῆς γνώσεως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For you have taken away <span class="itali">the key</span> of knowledge;<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye have taken away <span class="itali">the key</span> of knowledge:<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-52.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you took away the <span class="itali">key</span> of the knowledge<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 1:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural">N-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχω τὰς <b>κλεῖς</b> τοῦ θανάτου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and I have <span class="itali">the keys</span> of death<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and have <span class="itali">the keys</span> of hell and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have the <span class="itali">keys</span> of death<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 3:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχων τὴν <b>κλεῖν</b> Δαυίδ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who has <span class="itali">the key</span> of David,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he that hath <span class="itali">the key</span> of David,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> has the <span class="itali">key</span> of David who<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/9-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 9:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῷ ἡ <b>κλεὶς</b> τοῦ φρέατος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the earth; <span class="itali">and the key</span> of the bottomless<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was given <span class="itali">the key</span> of the bottomless<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to it the <span class="itali">key</span> of the pit<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/20-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 20:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχοντα τὴν <b>κλεῖν</b> τῆς ἀβύσσου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> holding <span class="itali">the key</span> of the abyss<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> having <span class="itali">the key</span> of the bottomless pit<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having the <span class="itali">key</span> of the abyss<p><b><a href="/greek/2807.htm">Strong's Greek 2807</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2807.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kleida_2807.htm">κλεῖδα — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kleidas_2807.htm">κλεῖδας — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/klein_2807.htm">κλεῖν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kleis_2807.htm">κλεῖς — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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