Quick Definition
ἀποκλείω v. I shut
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 2808; to close fully
KJV Usage: shut up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κλείω
79.113 · Features of Objects · Open, Closed
to close off, to shut to close off an area, and in the process of doing so, to exclude
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-κλείω : 1 aor. ἀπέκλεισα ; to shut up: τὴν θύραν, Lk. xiii. 25. (Gen. xix.10; 2S. xiii. 17sq.; often in Hdt.; in Attic prose writ. fr. Thuc. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποκλείω apokleiō 1x
to close, shut up, Lk. 13:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-κλείω,
[in LXX chiefly for סגר;]
to shut fast: Lk 13:25.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποκλείω. P Oxy II. 265!4 (a marriage contract, A.D. 81-95) μηδ᾽ ἀποκλεῖν (= ἀποκλείειν) μηδενὸς τῶν trapxdvte[y. (For the Hellenistic contraction of two z-sounds, see Pro/eg.® Ρ. 45.) 7/6. X. 1272° (A.D. 144) ἀπέκλεζισα τὴν θύ]ρ[αν τῆς... .] οἰκίας pov kal τὴν τοῦ πεσσοῦ (terrace) ᾿θύζραν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποκλείω (apokleiō) — to shut. ἀποκλείω, future -κλείσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: Ionic dialectἀποκληίω: Attic dialect ἀποκλήω, future -κλῃσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: Doric dialect aorist imperative -κλᾳξον[Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—shut off from or out of, τινὰ τῶν πυλέων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινά shut her out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς διαβάσεως[Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἀ. τῆς διεξόδου [ὕδωρ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἄστεος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. shut out or exclude from, τούτων[Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἀ. τοῦ σίτου, τῶν προσηκόντων, turn away from food, have no appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+]refuse, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. with accusative only, shut up, close, τὰς πύλας, τὰ ἱρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ.. πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἔχοντα τό τε Πήλιον ὄρος καὶ ἡ Ὄσσα ἀποκληΐει, of Thessaly,[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be closed, ἀ. αἱ πύλαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἡ Σκυθικὴ ὑπὸ Ἀγαθύρσων, i.e. is bounded by them, [Refs]; of a road, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. shut up, as if in prison, δέμας[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀποκλεσθαι ἐν δωματίῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. shut out, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν intercept, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὴν βλάστην τοῦ πτεροῦ bar its growth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, τὸ φῶς ἀποκέκλεισται[Refs 4th c.BC+]