מַפְתֵּחַ
mafteach · key
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4668 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mafteach (מַפְתֵּחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “key”.
How to say it
maf·te·ach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What opens and locks a door; a sign of who rules a house.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Judges 3:25
They waited until they were ashamed, and look, he was not opening the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened them, and there was their lord, fallen to the ground, dead.
- Isaiah 22:22
And I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder; and he will open, and no one will shut; and he will shut, and no one will open.