Word Study · Strong's H4668 · Hebrew

מַפְתֵּחַ

maphteach

maf-tay'-akh

Strong's 1890 spelling: maphtêach

“an opener, i.e. a key”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an opener, i.e. a key

Rendered in the KJV as

key.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

הַמַּפְתֵּ֙חַ֙1
הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ1
מַפְתֵּ֥חַ1

How it is rendered · 2

the key2
[the] key of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HTd/Ncmsa · 2
HNcmsc · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Judges1 of 3 · 33%
1 Chronicles1 of 3 · 33%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%

Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Judges1 occurrence

Judges 3:25הַמַּפְתֵּ֙חַ֙hamafteachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo 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.here: the key

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 9:27הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַhamafteachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.here: the key

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 22:22מַפְתֵּ֥חַmafteachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [the] key of

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