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
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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]
