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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Lock:

The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa 45:2; 1Ki 4:3). These were the locks originally used, and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an opening in the outside (Jdg 3:24). (See KEY.)

Lock of hair (Jdg 16:13,19; Eze 8:3; Num 6:5, etc.).

Nave's Topical Bible

Lock: General Scriptures Concerning

Jdg 3:23-25; Neh 3:13, 14; Sgs 5:5

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Lock:

Where European locks have not been introduced, the locks of eastern houses are usually of wood, and consist of a partly hollow bolt from fourteen inches to two feet long for external doors or gates, or from seven to nine inches for interior doors. The bold passes through a groove in a piece attached to the door into a socket in the door‐post.

Key:

frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is called in Hebrew maphteah, i.e., the opener (Jdg 3:25); and in the Greek New Testament kleis, from its use in shutting (Mat 16:19; Luk 11:52; Rev 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 (Isa 22:22).

The word is used figuratively of power or authority or office (Isa 22:22; Rev 3:7; Rev 1:8; Rev 9:1; 20:1; also Mat 16:19; 18:18). The "key of knowledge" (Luk 11:52; Mat 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.

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