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מַפְתֵּחַ

mafteach

pronounced maf-TEH-akh

“Key” — from the verb “to open”; Isaiah’s key of the house of David, which the risen Jesus claims as his own

also written: mafteah, мафтеах, мафте́ах

In Scripture World English Bible

I will lay the key of the house of David on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

Isaiah 22:22 God lays the key of David’s house on the shoulder of a faithful steward.

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

Revelation 3:7 The words of Isaiah 22:22 are spoken by the risen Jesus.

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