is used (a) of things material, Mat 6:6, Mat 25:10, Luk 11:7, Joh 20:19, Joh 20:26, Act 5:23, Act 21:30, Rev 20:3; figuratively, Rev 21:25; (b) metaphorically, of the Kingdom of heaven, Mat 23:13; of heaven, with consequences of famine, Luk 4:25, Rev 11:6; of compassion, 1Jo 3:17, RV (AV, "bowels of compassion"); of the blessings accuring from the promises of God regarding David, Rev 3:7; of a door for testimony, Rev 3:8.
<2,,608, apokleio>
"to shut fast" (apo, away from, and No. 1), is used in Luk 13:25, expressing the impossibility of entrance after the closing.
<3,,2623, katakleio>
lit., "to shut down" (the kata has, however, an intensive use), signifies "to shut up in confinement," Luk 3:20, Act 26:10. In the Sept., Jer 32:3.
<4,,4788, sunkleio>
see ENCLOSE.
