Definition

to shut down (in a dungeon), i.e. incarcerate

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G2808 (κλείω);

Word family

• κατά katá
• κλείω kleíō

How the KJV renders it

• shut up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.