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G4788 συγκλείω (synkleíō)
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Quick Definition

συγκλείω v. I enclose, shut in

Strong's Definition

from 4862 and 2808; to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to

KJV Usage: conclude, inclose, shut up

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | κλείω

44.9 · Animal Husbandry, Fishing

to catch, to net to catch in a net (animals or fish)

LUK 5:6

13.125 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen

to cause to occur, to restrict (a figurative extension of meaning of συγκλείω ‘to enclose,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause to happen, with the implication of significant restrictions

ROM 11:32 · GAL 3:22 · GAL 3:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

συγ-κλείω [TWH ovr (cf. σύν, II. fin.)]: 1 aor. συνἔκλεισα; Pass., pres. ptep. συγ-(συν-)κλειόμενος, Gal. iii. 23 LT Tr WU; but RGibid. pf. ptep. -κεκλεισμένος ; fr. IIdt. down; Sept. chiefly for 73) and 1137, fo shut up, (Lat. concludo), i. e. a. to shut up logether, enclose, [so s. v. σύν, II. 2; but others (6. g. Fritzsche as below; Meyer on Gal. iii. 22) would make the ov» always intensive, asin b.]: a shoal of fishes in a net, Lk. v. 6. b. to shut up on all sides, shut up completely; τινὰ εἴς τινα or τι, so to deliver one up to the power of a person or thing that he is completely shut in, as it were, without means of escape: τινὰ εἰς ἀπείθειαν, Ro. xi. 32 (εἰς ἀγῶνα, Polyb. 3, 63, 3; εἰς τοιαύτην ἀμηχανίαν συγκλεισθεὶς ᾿Αντίγονος μετεμέλετο, Diod. 19,19; οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ, Ps. xxx. (ΧΧΧΙ.) 9; τὰ κτήνη εἰς θάνατον, Ps. ᾿ἰχχνῖ!. (Ixxviii.) 50; cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Rom. ii. p. 545 sq.); also τινὰ ὑπό τι, under the power of anything, i. e. so that he is held completely subject to it: ὑπὸ ἁμαρτίαν, Gal. iii. 22 (the Scripture has shut up or subjected, i.e. declared them to be subject) ; sc. ὑπὸ νόμον, with the addition of εἰς τὴν μέλλουσαν πίστιν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι, ib. 23 (see above ad init.) ; on these words see εἰς, B. II. 3 ο. y. p. 185

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

συγκλείω synkleiō 4x

to shut up together, to hem in; to enclose, Lk. 5:6; met. to band under a sweeping sentence, Rom. 11:32; Gal. 3:22; pass. to be banded under a bar of disability, Gal. 3:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

συν-κλείω

(Rec. συγκ-), [in LXX chiefly for סגר;]

to shut together, enclose, shut in on all sides: of a catch of fish, Lk 5:6; metaph. (Ps 30 (31):9, al.), Ro 11:32, Ga 3:22, 23.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

συνκλείω is used literally, as in Lk 5°, in the sense of ‘‘shut together,” “enclose,” in such passages as P Fay 127 (c. B.C. 103) ovvKdelg[av]r[é]s pe els τὴν. οἰκίαν, Preisigke 528011 (a.p, 158) Τούρβων κατασχών pe εἰσήγαγ[εϊν is τὴν παρεμβολὴν Kal συνέκλεισέν pe, P Fay 1357 (iv/A.D.) συνκλισθῇς ἄχρις ἂν πληρώσῃς, “you will be put in prison until you pay’’ (Edd.), and P Lond 237° (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 293) eis τὰ κάστρα τὰς ἀν[ν]ώνας οὐ συνέκλι(-- εἰ)σιν, ‘did not lock up the corn in the granaries.” For the verb with reference to time cf. Sy// 32618 (¢ B.C. 107) τοῦ καιροῦ συγκλείοντος εἰς χειμῶνα (for constr.* cf. Rom 1133. The subst. occurs in P Oxy II. 275°° (A.D. 66) (= Selections, p. 56) ἐπὶ συνκλεισμῷ τοῦ ὅλου χρόνου, and P Flor I. 5011. (aA.p. 268) μέχρι συνκλεισμοῦ Tod διελθόντος a (ἔτους).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

συγκλείω (sugkleiō) — to confine. συγ-κλείω, future -κλείσω: Ionic dialect συγ-κληΐω, fut -κληΐσω: old Attic dialect ξυγκλήω, future -κλῄσω: Epic dialect aorist συνεκλήϊσσα [Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, aorist συνεκλείσθην, old Attic dialect ξυνεκλῄσθην: perfect συγκέκλειμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], but -εισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; old Attic dialect ξυνκέκλῃμαι, Ionic dialect συγκεκλήιμαι (see. below):—shut or coop up, hem in, enclose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν συγκλεῖσαι (i.e. τοὺς ἰχθῦς τοῖς δικτύοις) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. [θεοὺς] τῇ ὕλῃ include them in matter, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; [ἡ πολεμία] δυνέκλῃε διὰ μέσου shut off and intercepted them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, λίμνη συγκεκληιμένη πάντοθεν ὄρεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγκεκλῃμένη πέπλοις close muffled, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. generally, of straits or difficulties, τινὰ εἰς ἀγῶνα [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, συγκλείεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν καιρῶν, τῶν πραγμάτων, [Refs]; εἰς χαλεπὸν.. συγκεκλεισμένος βίον 'cabin'd, cribb'd, confined', [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. pit against one another, set to fight as in the lists, οἳ σὲ καὶ Ἑρμιόναν ἔριδι.. ξυνέκλῃσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. ὁ συγκλείων,= smith, [LXX]passive, χρυσίον συγκεκλεισμένον[LXX]

II. shut close, close, στόμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὰ βλέφαρα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. τὰς πύλας [Refs 5th c.BC+] shut the doors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὰ δικαστήρια close the courts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς close them up by blows, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ δεσμωτήριον συνεκέκλειστο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of bivalve fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of eyebrows, come together, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wounds, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.2. intransitive in active, ὥρας ἤδη συγκλειούσης as the season was now closing in, i.e. the days becoming shorter, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

III. close jointly, συνανοιγόντων καὶ συγκλειόντων [Refs]

IV. σ. τὰς ἀσπίδας lock their shields, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, absolutely, close up the ranks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ διάκενον καὶ οὐ ξυγκλῃσθέν the part that was not closed up, of a gap in the line, [Refs]

IV.2. connect closely together, τὰ ἀνόμοια ἁρμονίᾳ συγκεκλεῖς θαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἄρθροις συγκεκλῃμένον καλῶς well linked or compacted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ς. (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) εἰς ταὐτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, συγκλεισθήσονται ταῖς τε ἐπιγαμίαις καὶ ἐγκτήσεσι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. conclude, complete, λόγον, διάνοιαν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive [Refs]

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