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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Credit: Giovanni Dall'Orto
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Comments: Ancient Greek iron keys, currently exhibited in Room 12 ("private life") of the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum (Athens). Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, November 12 2009.
Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Comments: Key. 30 B.C.âA.D. 364.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Comments: Key. 306â30 B.C.
From Easton: Key - frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is called in Hebrew _maphteah_, i.e., the opener (Judges 3:25); and in the Greek New Testament _kleis_, from its use in shutting (Matthew 16:19; Luke 11:52; Revelation 1:18, etc.). Figures of ancient Egyptian keys are frequently found on the monuments, also of Assyrian locks and keys of wood, and of a large size (comp. Isaiah 22:22).
The word is used figuratively of power or authority or office (Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7; Revelation 1:8; comp. 9:1; 20:1; comp. also Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18). The "key of knowledge" (Luke 11:52; comp. Matthew 23:13) is the means of attaining the knowledge regarding the kingdom of God. The "power of the keys" is a phrase in general use to denote the extent of ecclesiastical authority.
Verses:
- Judges 3:25
- Isaiah 22:22
- Matthew 16:19
- Luke 11:52
- Revelation 1:18
- Revelation 3:7
- Revelation 9:1
- Revelation 20:1
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