ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΣΑΙ, διακλεισαι
DIAKLEISAI, diakleisai
Sounds Like: dee-ah-KLEH-sai
Translations: to shut up, to close off, to lock away, to enclose
From the root: ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb διακλείω (diakleiō). It is a compound word formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart,' and the verb κλείω (kleiō), meaning 'to shut' or 'to close.' Therefore, διακλείω means 'to shut through,' 'to shut off,' or 'to enclose completely.' It describes the action of completely closing something, often implying a barrier or separation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:102
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΕΙ — shut off, block, close off, obstruct
- ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΣΘΕΙΗ — may it be shut up, may it be closed off, may it be blocked, it might be shut up, it might be closed off, it might be blocked
- ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΣΙΝ — closing, a closing, shutting up, a shutting up, exclusion, an exclusion
- ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΩ — to shut up, to close up, to enclose, to shut in
- ΔΙΕΚΛΕΙΣΘΗ — was shut up, was enclosed, was locked in, was confined
- ΔΙΕΚΛΕΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were shut up, they were locked in, they were enclosed
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