H4668Noun, masculine3 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Judges 3:25הַמַּפְתֵּחַ
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 9:27הַמַּפְתֵּחַ
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
- Isaiah 22:22מַפְתֵּחַ
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.