ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΣΘΕΙΗ, διακλεισθειη
DIAKLEISTHEIĒ, diakleistheiē
Sounds Like: dee-ah-KLEIS-thay-ee
Translations: 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
From the root: ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and the verb κλείω (kleiō), meaning 'to shut' or 'to close'. The combined meaning is 'to shut up completely', 'to close off', or 'to block'. This form indicates a potential or desired action in the passive voice, meaning something might be shut up or closed off by an external agent. It is used to express a wish or a hypothetical situation.
Inflection: Aorist, Optative, Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s numbers: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2808 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 3:46
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
- ΔΙΑΚΛΕΙΣΑΙ — to shut up, to close off, to lock away, to enclose
- 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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