Quick Definition
ἐκκλείω v. I shut out, exclude
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 2808; to shut out (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: exclude
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κλείω
13.143 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to eliminate, to not allow, to exclude to cause something to be excluded or not allowed It is also possible to understand ἐκκλείω in ROM 3:27 as meaning that there is no basis for boasting; in other words, there is nothing that one can boast about.
34.36 · Association · Belong To, Be Included in the Membership of, Be Excluded From
to exclude, to separate, to get rid of to exclude or remove someone from an association It may also be possible to translate this expression in GAL 4:17 as ‘they want you to no longer belong (to me)’ or ‘they want you to exclude (me) from your company.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-κλείω : 1 aor. inf. éxxAeioar; 1 aor. pass. ἐξεκλείσθην: [fr. (Hdt.) Eur. down]; to shut out: Gal. iv. 17 (viz. from intercourse with me and with teachers codperating with me) ; i. q. to turn out of doors: to prevent the approach of one, pass. in Ro. iii. 27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκκλείω ekkleiō 2x
to shut out, exclude; to shut of, separate, insulate; Gal. 4:17; to leave no place for, eliminate, Rom. 3:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-κλείω
[in LXX: ἐ. κρίσιν, for נָטָה hi., Ex 23:2 (also as v.l., Jb 34:20, Ps 67:30 (Ps 68:30) * ;]
to shut out: Ga 4:17. Pass., Ro 3:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκκλείω. Cf. the Ionic inscr. OG/S 87 (iv/B.c.) τοῖς μὲν πολίταις παρελόμενος τὰ ὅπλα ἐξεκλάϊσε ἐκ τᾶς πόλιος [πα]νδάμι. Also Menandrea p. 5335}.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκκλείω (ekkleiō) — to exclude. ἐκκλείω, Ionic dialect ἐκκληΐω or ἐκκλήω, old Attic dialect ἐκκλήω: Attic dialect future - κλῄσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Doric dialect aorist 1 - κλᾳξα [Refs]: perfect ἐκκέκλεικα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—shut out from, c.genitive, ἐ. ἄλλον ἄλλοσε στέγης E. [prev. cited]:—passive, to be shut out, [Refs]
2. metaphorically, shut out, exclude from, πόλιν τῆς μετοχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς συμμαχίας, τῶν ὅρκων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, ἐξέκλειον λόγου τυγχάνειν τοὺς ἄλλους [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. hinder, prevent, τῷ καιρῷ τὴν κατηγορίαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, ἐκκληϊόμενοι τῇ ὥρῃ being prevented by [want of] time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, ἐ. ποιεῖν τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. shut off, cut off, ζωῆς ὁδούς [Refs 3rd c.AD+]