Lodash has a _.pickBy
function which does exactly what you're looking for.
var thing = {_x000D_
"a": 123,_x000D_
"b": 456,_x000D_
"abc": 6789_x000D_
};_x000D_
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var result = _.pickBy(thing, function(value, key) {_x000D_
return _.startsWith(key, "a");_x000D_
});_x000D_
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console.log(result.abc) // 6789_x000D_
console.log(result.b) // undefined
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<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.16.4/lodash.min.js"></script>
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