An object used to lock or unlock doors and gates.
About Key
The key was an instrument used for locking and unlocking doors and gates. Ancient keys were generally much larger than anything commonly known today.
Key References
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
All Scripture References (3)
Matthew (1)
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Revelation (2)
Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.