Key

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KEY.—See House, § 6. Of the passages where this word is used in a figurative sense the most important are Isa_22:22 (cf. Rev_3:7), where the key is the symbol of authority and rule; Luk_11:52 ‘the key of knowledge’; and the crux interpretum, Mat_16:19, for which see Power of the Keys.
A. R. S. Kennedy.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


Son_5:4-5. A piece of wood, from seven inches to two feet long, fitted with pegs which correspond to small holes in the bolt within; the key put through a hole draws the bolt. The symbol of authority to open or shut (Isa_22:22; Rev_3:7; Rev_1:18). A chamberlain's (eunuch) badge of office is often a key, hung by a kerchief "on the shoulders" (Isa_9:6). The power of the keys was given to Peter and the other apostles only at times (Mat_16:19; Mat_18:18) when, and in so far as, Christ made him and them infallible. Peter rightly opened the gospel door to the Gentiles (Acts 10; Act_11:17-18; Act_14:27), but he wrongly tried to shut it again (Gal_2:11-18; compare Luk_11:52).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Key. The key of a native Oriental lock is a piece of wood, from seven inches to two feet in length, fitted with the wires or short nails, which, being inserted laterally into the hollow bolt which serves as a lock, raises other pins within the staple so as to allow the bolt to be drawn back.
(Keys were sometimes of bronze or iron, and so large that one was as much as a man could carry. They are used in Scripture as a symbol of authority and power. Giving keys to a person signifies the intrusting of him with an important charge. Mat_16:19. In England, in modern times, certain officers of the government receive, at their induction into office, a golden key. ? Editor).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


is frequently mentioned in Scripture, as well in a natural as in a figurative sense. The keys of the ancients were very different from ours; because their doors and trunks were closed generally with bands, and the key served only to loosen or fasten these bands in a certain manner. In a moral sense key has many significations: “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,” Isa_22:22,—he shall be grand master and principal officer of his prince's house. Christ promises to St. Peter, that he should first open the gate of his kingdom, both to Jew and Gentile, in making the first converts among them, Mat_16:19.
It is observable that no supremacy is here given to St. Peter; as the power of binding and loosing belonged equally to all the Apostles, Mat_18:18. The term binding and loosing was customarily applied by the Jews to a decision respecting doctrines or rites, establishing which were lawful and which unlawful. (See Bind.) And it may also denote, to bind with sickness, and to loose by restoring to health. Jesus Christ says that he has the key of death and hell, Rev_1:18; that is, it is in his power to bring to the grave, or to deliver from it; to appoint to life or to death.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.


kē (מפתּה, maphtēaḥ, an ?opener?; compare κλείς, kleı̄s, ?that which shuts?): Made of wood, usually with nails which fitted into corresponding holes in the lock, or rather bolt (Jdg_3:25). Same is rendered ?opening? in 1Ch_9:27. See HOUSE.
Figurative: Used figuratively for power, since the key was sometimes worn on the shoulder as a sign of official authority (Isa 22-22). In the New Testament it is used several times thus figuratively: of Peter: ?the keys of the kingdom of heaven? (Mat_16:19); of Christ, in Revelation, having the ?keys of death and of Hades? (Rev_1:18), also having ?the key of David? (Rev_3:7). An angel was given ?the key of the pit of the abyss? (Rev_9:1; Rev_20:1). our Lord accused the teachers of the law of His day of taking away ?the key of knowledge? from men, that is, locking the doors of truth against them (Luk_11:52; compare Mat_23:13).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Isa_22:22 (b) By this figure our Lord is describing the right of JESUS CHRIST to rule and to reign. He only can consign men to Heaven or to hell. He has never delegated this power to another. (See Rev_1:18).

Mat_16:19 The two keys given to Peter were evidently the two Gospels: one Gospel for the Jews which included baptism for the remission of sins; the other Gospel for the Gentiles in which salvation is by faith alone. By means of these two Gospel keys, Peter was used of GOD to bring thousands to CHRIST.

Luk_11:52 (b) This key is probably the person of the Lord Jesus Himself for when He is ignored, overlooked, or denied in the Scriptures, then there can be no knowledge of the truth of GOD, nor of the will of GOD.

Rev_1:18 (a) The Lord JESUS controls the destiny of the soul. He alone can send a man to hell. He alone decides the day of one's death. His will and decision in these matters is described as a key.

Rev_3:7 (a) This represents the right of the Lord JESUS to erect the throne of David again, to sit upon it, and to execute sovereign powers. This right is described as a key.

Rev_9:1 (a) The key in this passage represents the divine right and power given by GOD to the angel to open and close the pit of hell in order that the purposes of GOD might be performed.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Key
is a common heraldic bearing in the insignia of sees and religious houses, particularly such as are under the patronage of St. Peter. Two keys in salire are frequent, and keys are sometimes interlaced or linked together at the bows, i.e. rings. Keys indorsed are placed side by side, the wards away from each other.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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