κατακλείω
katakleíō · G2623 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to put into prison, to cause to be put in prison
To cause a person to be consigned to prison
ExamplesLuke 3:20 Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
Acts 26:10 “And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, after receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being put to death.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἸωάννηςJohn 1
- πολύςmany 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ φυλακήprison, jail, watch 2
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καίand 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- προστίθημιto add 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- φυλακίζω phylakízō · G5439 · to imprison, imprisonment, to put in jail
- Distinct Greek verb meaning specifically to imprison or put in prison. Used in Acts 22:19 for the action of imprisoning. Direct synonym for the imprisoning sense of κατακλείω without sharing its root.
Contrasting words 2 words
- ἀνοίγω anoígō · G455 · to open, to make open, to regain one’s hearing
- Direct lexical opposite of shutting/closing. Used in Acts 5:19, 12:10, 16:26-27 for opening prison doors. The fundamental antonym to κατακλείω's core sense of shutting down/closing in.
- λύω lýō · G3089 · to untie, to loosen, to release
- Lexical opposite in the sense of releasing from confinement or restraint. Used for releasing prisoners (Acts 22:30, 24:26). Antonym to the imprisoning/confining action of κατακλείω.
In the other Testament 2 words
- סָגַר çâgar · H5462 · to shut, to close
- Primary Hebrew verb for shutting/closing, used in contexts of imprisonment (e.g., Gen 39:20, Lev 13:4-5). Direct translation equivalent for the action of shutting someone in confinement.
- כָּלָא kâlâʼ · H3607 · to imprison, to confine, to withhold
- Hebrew verb specifically used for shutting up or confining, including in prison contexts (Jer 32:2-3, 33:1, 39:15). Close semantic parallel to κατακλείω's sense of incarceration.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To put into prison, to cause to be put in prison37.125
- In Acts 26:10, Paul recounts his former persecution of believers, “not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, after receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being put to death,” using this word for the act of shutting someone up in confinement.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist κατέκλεισα; from (Herodotus), Thucydides and Xenophon down; to shut up,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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