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maph.te.ach H4668

מַפְתֵּחַ (maph.te.ach) means “key” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַפְתֵּחַ Hebrew · H4668 3 tagged occurrences in 3 verses

Pronunciation guide: maf-tay'-akh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4668

מַפְתֵּחַ · maph.te.ach · key

key, opening instrument

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H6605 (פָּתַח); an opener, i.e. a key

KJV glosses: key.

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How translators render H4668

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the key 2
and opening it 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
a key 1
and the key 1
upon them and the opening 1

Verses containing H4668

Page 1 of 1. 3 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Judges 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  2. 1 Chronicles 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  3. Isaiah 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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Sources and text

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