Word study · Hebrew
אָמַן
a.manH0539be faithful
Used 106 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- to support, confirm, be faithful
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 1) to support, confirm, be faithful
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish
- 1a1a) foster-father (subst.)
- 1a1b) foster-mother, nurse
- 1a1c) pillars, supporters of the door
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm
- 1b1a) to be carried by a nurse
- 1b1b) made firm, sure, lasting
- 1b1c) confirmed, established, sure
- 1b1d) verified, confirmed
- 1b1e) reliable, faithful, trusty
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in
- 1c1a) stand firm
- 1c1b) trust, believe
- Aramaic equivalent: a.man (אֲמַן "to trust" H0540)
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.
Where it appears
- Genesis3
- Exodus8
- Numbers4
- Deuteronomy6
- Judges1
- Ruth1
- 1 Samuel6
- 2 Samuel2
- 1 Kings3
- 2 Kings3
- 1 Chronicles2
- 2 Chronicles7
- Nehemiah2
- Esther1
- Job10
- Psalms16
- Proverbs5
- Isaiah15
- Jeremiah4
- Lamentations2
- Hosea2
- Jonah1
- Micah1
- Habakkuk1
Every use · 51–100 of 106 · BSB
If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
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