מַפְתֵּחַ
maph.te.ach
“key”
Definition
an opener, i.e. a key
from H6605 (פָּתַח);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַפְתֵּחַ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
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.
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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