# G2807 κλείς

κλείς (kleís), Strong’s G2807: a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively KJV: key. Occurs 10 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2807 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*kleís* — a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively

KJV: key

Derived from [κλείω kleíō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2808) (to close)

Occurs 10 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 16:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=19) — I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven…
- [Luke 11:52](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=52) — Woe to you Torah scholars! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were…
- [Revelation 1:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/1?v=18) — and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Sheol.
- [Revelation 3:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/3?v=7) — “To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he…
- [Revelation 9:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/9?v=1) — The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss…
- [Revelation 20:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/20?v=1) — I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.