The word in Scripture

Key in the Bible

The word key appears 6 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A key opens and shuts, granting access and authority. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What key means in the Bible

A key opens and shuts, granting access and authority.

Where the word key appears

Here is every passage where the word key appears, in the words of the King James Bible:

“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.”Judges 3:25

“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.”Isaiah 22:22

“Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.”Luke 11:52

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”Revelation 3:7

“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.”Revelation 9:1

“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.”Revelation 20:1