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KEY . See House, § 6 . Of the passages where this word is used in a figurative sense the most important are Isaiah 22:22 (cf. Revelation 3:7 ), where the key is the symbol of authority and rule; Luke 11:52 ‘the key of knowledge’; and the crux interpretum , Matthew 16:19 , for which see Power of the Keys.
A. R. S. Kennedy.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Key'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​k/key.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Key'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​k/key.html. 1909.