Quick Definition
I shut up, confine
Strong's Definition
to shut down (in a dungeon), i.e. incarcerate
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2808 (κλείω);
KJV Usage: shut up
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατακλείω: 1 aorist κατέκλεισα; from (Herodotus), Thucydides and Xenophon down; to shut up, confine: τινα ἐν τῇ φυλακή, Luk_3:20; ἐν (which Rec. omits) φυλακαῖς, Act_26:10 (Jer_39:3 ()).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακλείω katakleiō 2x
to close, shut fast; to shut up, confine, Luk_3:20 ; Act_26:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -κλείω ,
[in LXX : Jer_32:3 ( H3607 ), Wis_17:2 ; Wis_17:16 , 2Ma_13:21 , 3Ma_3:25 * ;]
to shut up:. c . acc pers ., seq . ἐν φυλακῇ (-αῖς ), Luk_3:20 , Act_26:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακλείω [page 327]
The construction of this verb with the simple dat. ( Act_26:10 TR) and with ἐν ( Luk_3:20 ) in similar connexions may be illustrated from P Amh II. 80 .4 (A.D. 232 3) λογιστηρίῳ κατακλεισθείς , and P Tebt II. 420 .26 (iii/A.D.) ἐπὶ γὰρ κατάκλειστός ἠμι μέχρι σήμερο ( l. ον ) ἐν τῷ λογιστηρίῳ , for I have been shut up in the finance-office until to-day (Edd.). See also Syll 540 .158 (B.C. 175 1) αὐτῶι λί [θος οὐδεὶς ] κατακλεισθήσεται and OGIS 669 .17 (i/A.D.) μηιδ᾽ ( l. μηδ᾽ ὅλως κατακλείεσθαί τινας ἐλευθέρους εἰς φυλακὴν ἡντινοῦν . The act. aor. is found in an obscure context in P Lond 429 .51 ( c. A.D. 350) (= II. p. 315) and the pass, in CP Herm I. 6 .4 κατεκλεί [σθ ]η . The subst. κατακλείς is used of canal-locks in P Petr II. 13(18 a ) .4 (B.C. 258 3) περὶ τοῦ πρὸς ταῖς κατακλεῖσιν τόπου , concerning the place at the locks (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατακλείω ionic -κληΐω old attic -κλῄω fut.Ion. -κληΐσω doric κατακλᾴξω Mid., aor1 κατεκλείσθην ionic doric κατεκλᾳξάμην Pass., aor1 κατεκλείσθην ionic κατεκληΐσθην perf. κατα-κέκλειμαι or -κέκλεισμαι c. acc. pers. "to shut in, inclose" a mummy in its case, Hdt. ; τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐς τὴν νῆσον κ. "to drive them into" the island "and shut" them "up" there, Thuc. :—Mid. "to shut oneself up", Xen. ; κατακλᾴξασθαι "to shut up" the bride "with oneself", Theocr. metaph., νόμῳ κ. "to shut up", i. e. "to compel, oblige", Dem. ; also, εἰς κίνδυνον μέγιστον κατακεκλεῖσθαι "to be reduced", id=Dem. c. acc. rei, "to shut up, close", τὰς πυλίδας Hdt. ; τὰ ἱρά id=Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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