Matthew 16:19

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And the keyes of heauen wil I geue vnto the: Whatsoeuer thou shalt bynde vpon earth, shalbe bounde also in heauen: & whatsoeuer thou shalt lowse vpon earth, shalbe lowsed also in heaue.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ δώσω σοι τὰς κλεῖς τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν: καὶ ὃ ἐὰν δήσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς: καὶ ὃ ἐὰν λύσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται λελυμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

And I will dōsō to you the kleis of the basileias of the ouranōn: and what ean you dēsēs upon the gēs estai dedemenon in the ouranois: and what ean you lysēs upon the gēs estai lelymenon in the ouranois.

Grammar Details

• *dōsō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will give
• *kleis*: accusative plural feminine - keys
• *basileias*: genitive singular feminine - of kingdom
• *ouranōn*: genitive plural masculine - of heavens
• *ean*: conditional particle - if/whatever
• *dēsēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might bind
• *gēs*: genitive singular feminine - of earth
• *estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be
• *dedemenon*: perfect passive participle, nominative singular neuter - having been bound
• *ouranois*: dative plural masculine - heavens
• *lysēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might loose
• *lelymenon*: perfect passive participle, nominative singular neuter - having been loosed

Word Meanings

• *dōsō*: I will give/grant
• *kleis*: keys/means of access
• *basileias*: kingdom/reign/dominion
• *dēsēs*: bind/tie/restrain
• *gēs*: earth/land/ground
• *dedemenon*: having been bound/tied/restrained
• *lysēs*: loose/untie/release
• *lelymenon*: having been loosed/untied/released

Referenced Verses

• Matt 18:18 : 18 Verely I saye vnto you: what soeuer ye shal bynde vpon earth, shalbe boude also in heauen: & what soeuer ye lowse vpon earth, shalbe lowsed also in heaue.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 and am alyue, and was deed. And beholde, I am alyue for euer more and haue the kayes of hell & of deth.
• Isa 22:22 : 22 I will also laye the keye of Dauids house vpon his shulders, and yf he open, no man shal shit, and yf he do shyt, no man shal open.
• John 20:23 : 23 Whose synnes soeuer ye remytte, they are remytted vnto the: and whose synnes so euer ye retayne, they are retayned.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And wryte vnto ye angell of the cogregacio of Philadelphia: this sayth he yt is holy and true, which hath the keye of Dauid: which openyth and noman shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.
• Rev 9:1 : 1 And the fyfte angell blewe, & I sawe a starre fall from heaue vnto ye earth. And to him was geue the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt.
• Rev 11:6 : 6 These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesyinge: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to bloud, and to smyte the earth with all maner plages, as often as they will.
• Acts 2:14-42 : 14 Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen, and lift vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iewry, and all ye that dwell at Ierusale, be this knowne vnto you, and let my wordes entre in at youre eares. 15 For these are not dronken, as ye suppose, for it is yet but the thirde houre of ye daye: 16 but this is it, that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel: 17 And it shal come to passe in the last dayes, sayeth God, I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh, and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye, and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames, 18 and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes, & they shal prophecye. 19 And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens on the earth beneth, bloude and fyre, and the vapoure of smoke. 20 The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come. 21 And it shall come to passe, Who so euer shal call vpo the name of the LORDE, shalbe saued. 22 Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, ye man approued of God amonge you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you, as ye yor selues knowe also, 23 him (after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God) haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes, and crucifyed him, & slayne him, 24 who God hath raysed vp, and lowsed the sorowes of death, for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it. 25 For Dauid speaketh of him: Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me, for he is on my right hode, that I shulde not be moued. 26 Therfore dyd my hert reioyse, and my tunge was glad: For my flesh also shal rest in hope. 27 For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffer yi Holy to se corrupcion. 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life, thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce. 29 Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid: For he is deed and buried, and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye. 30 Wherfore now seinge yt he was a prophet, and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth, that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate, 31 he sawe it before, and spake of the resurreccion of Christ: for his soule was not left in hell, nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion. 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp, wherof we all are witnesses. 33 Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted, and hath receaued of ye father ye promyse of the holy goost, he hath shed forth this, that ye se and heare. 34 For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen, but he sayde: The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE: Syt thou on my righte hande, 35 vntyll I make thine enemies yi fote stole. 36 So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye, yt God hath made this same Iesus (whom ye haue crucified) LORDE and Christ. 37 Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do? 38 Peter sayde onto them: Amede youre selues, and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ, for the remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost. 39 For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call. 40 And wt many other wordes bare he witnesse, and exorted them, and sayde: Saue youre selues from this vntowarde generacion. 41 They that gladly receaued his preachinge, were baptysed, & the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules. 42 They contynued in the Apostles doctryne, and in the felashippe, and in breakynge of bred, and in prayer.
• Acts 10:34-43 : 34 Peter opened his mouth, & sayde: Now perceaue I of a trueth, that God hath no respecte of personnes, 35 but in all people he yt feareth him, and worketh righteousnes, is accepted vnto him. 36 Ye knowe of ye preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel, preachinge thorow Iesus Christ (which is LORDE ouer all) 37 which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry, and begane in Galile after ye baptyme that Ihon preached, 38 how God anoynted the same Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost and wt power, which wente aboute, & dyd good, and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell, for God was with him. 39 And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes, & at Ierusalem. Whom they slewe, and hanged on tre. 40 Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye, and caused him be openly shewed, 41 not to all the people, but to ye chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs, which ate & dronke with him, after he was rysen vp from the deed. 42 And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people, and to testifye, that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed. 43 Of him beare all the prophetes wytnesse, that thorow his name all they yt beleue in him, shal receaue remyssion of synnes.
• Acts 15:7 : 7 Now whan there was moch disputinge Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men and brethren, ye knowe that a good whyle agoo, God chose amonge vs, yt the Heythe by my mouth shulde heare the worde of the Gospell, and beleue.
• 1 Cor 5:4-5 : 4 in ye name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wha ye are gathered together with my sprete, and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 5 to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh, that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus.
• 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 But loke vnto who ye forgeue eny thinge, I forgeue hi also. For I also, yf I forgeue ought vnto eny ma, that forgeue I for youre sakes in the rowme of Christ,
• 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therfore that despyseth, despyseth not man, but God, which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I sawe an angell come downe from heauen, hauinge the keye of the bottomlesse pyt, and a gret chayne in his honde. 2 And he toke the dragon that olde serpent (which is the deuell and Satanas) and he bounde him a thousand yeares: 3 and cast him in to the bottomlesse pyt, and he bounde him, and set a seale on him, that he shuld disceaue the people nomoare, tyll the thousand yeares were fulfilled. And after that muste he be lowsed for a littell season.