Definition

to shut together, i.e. include or (figuratively) embrace in a common subjection to

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and G2808 (κλείω);

Where the KJV renders it

• conclude
• inclose
• 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.

What the first audience heard

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