Maphteach מַפְתֵּחַ

Maphteach (Hebrew מַפְתֵּחַ, Strong's H4668) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “key”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Maphteach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges

• Judges 3:25
  And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.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

• 1 Chronicles 9:27
  And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 22:22
  And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).