Word study · Hebrew
אֱמוּנָה
e.mu.nahH0530faithfulness
Used 49 times in the tagged text.
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness
Same idea, other words · Faith, trust and faithfulness
Faith in Scripture is trust that rests on someone's faithfulness. The Hebrew words about trusting and being firm lie behind the New Testament's pistis.
Same idea, other words · Truth and faithfulness
The Hebrew word for truth is the same root as reliability: what can be leaned on. Greek truth adds the sense of what is real as opposed to false.
Where it appears
- Exodus1
- Deuteronomy1
- 1 Samuel1
- 2 Kings2
- 1 Chronicles3
- 2 Chronicles5
- Psalms22
- Proverbs3
- Isaiah4
- Jeremiah4
- Lamentations1
- Hosea1
- Habakkuk1
Every use · BSB
When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.
And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
The genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters in the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.
And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders— plans formed long ago— in perfect faithfulness.
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
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