מִפְתָּח
miftach · opening, key
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4669 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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miftach (מִפְתָּח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “opening, key”.
Opening, the act of opening. In 1 Chronicles 9:27 the word in the text is "key," from the same root: the gatekeepers were in charge of opening the house of Elohim every morning.
How to say it
mif·tach
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
- The opening of the mouth or lips to speak.
- The key with which the doors of God's house were opened each morning.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- key ×1
- opening ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 9:27
And they spent the night around the house of Elohim, for on them was the watch, and they were over the key, morning after morning.
- Proverbs 8:6
Listen, for noble things I will speak, and the opening of my lips will be uprightness.