H4668 - מַפְתֵּחַ (maphtêach)

H4668 מַפְתֵּחַ (maphtêach) maf-tay'-akh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

key

Strong's Definition

an opener, i.e. a key

Derivation: from H6605 (פָּתַח);

KJV Usage: key.

TWOT Reference: 1854f

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) key, opening instrument

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2807

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

key, opening instrument

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַפְתֵּחַ maphtêach BDB Definition: 1) key, opening instrument Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6605 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1854f Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

3:25

9:27

22:22

Judges 3:25

So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened [the doors]— and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

1 Chronicles 9:27

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it...... and opening it every morning....

Isaiah 22:22

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.