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κατακλείω katakleiō · G2623

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to lock up

κατα-κλείω ; [in LXX: Jer.32:3 (כָּלָא), Wis.17:2, 16, 2Ma.13:21, 3Ma.3:25 * ; ] ; to shut up:. with accusative of person(s), before ἐν φυλακῇ (-αῖς), Luk.3:20, Act.26:10.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κατα-κλείω, ; old Attic dialect κατακλῄω []future κατακλιῶ uncertain in []:—middle, aorist -εκλεισάμην[] —passive, aorist -εκλῄσθην, -εκλείσθην (see. below); Ionic dialect -εκληΐσθην[]; Doric dialect -εκλᾴσθην[]: perfect -κέκλῃμαι[]; I with accusative person, shut in, enclose, e. g. a mummy in its case, []; κ. εἰς πολιορκίαν, εἰς δυσχωρίας, [], i.e. not to be a cosmopolite, []:—passive, ἐς τὸ τεῖχος κατακλῄεσθαι []; ὅταν ἐς [νεφέλας] ἄνεμος κατακλῃσθῇ []:—middle, shut oneself up, ἐν τοῖς …

Where it's used 2 times

Luke 3:20 · Acts 26:10

Source: TBESG G2623; TFLSJ G2623

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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