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Word study · Hebrew

אָמַן

a.manH0539

be 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

  1. Job 9:16אַ֝אֲמִ֗יןI believe

    If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

  2. Job 12:20לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑יםof trusted [ones]

    He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

  3. Job 15:15יַאֲמִ֑יןhe trusts

    If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

  4. Job 15:22יַאֲמִ֣יןhe believes

    He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

  5. Job 15:31יַאֲמֵ֣ןhe trust

    Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

  6. Job 24:22יַאֲמִ֥יןanyone trusts

    Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

  7. Job 29:24יַאֲמִ֑ינוּthey believed

    If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

  8. Job 39:12הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין¿ will you trust

    Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

  9. Job 39:24יַ֝אֲמִ֗יןit stands firm

    Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

  10. Psalms 19:7נֶ֝אֱמָנָ֗ה[is] reliable

    The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

  11. Psalms 27:13הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּיI had believed

    Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

  12. Psalms 78:8נֶאֶמְנָ֖הit was faithful

    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.

  13. Psalms 78:22הֶ֭אֱמִינוּthey trusted

    because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.

  14. Psalms 78:32הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּthey believed

    In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.

  15. Psalms 78:37נֶ֝אֶמְנ֗וּthey were faithful

    Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

  16. Psalms 89:28נֶאֱמֶ֥נֶת[will be] reliable

    I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

  17. Psalms 89:37נֶאֱמָ֥ן[will be] reliable

    like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

  18. Psalms 93:5נֶאֶמְנ֬וּthey are reliable

    Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

  19. Psalms 101:6בְּנֶֽאֶמְנֵי־[will be] on [the] faithful [people] of

    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.

  20. Psalms 106:12וַיַּאֲמִ֥ינוּand they believed

    Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

  21. Psalms 106:24הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּthey believed

    They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

  22. Psalms 111:7נֶ֝אֱמָנִ֗ים[are] reliable

    The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.

  23. Psalms 116:10הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּיI believed

    I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”

  24. Psalms 119:66הֶאֱמָֽנְתִּיI trust

    Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

  25. Psalms 145:13נֶאֱמָןTrustworthy

    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.

  26. Proverbs 11:13וְנֶאֱמַן־and a [person] faithful of

    A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

  27. Proverbs 14:15יַאֲמִ֣יןhe believes

    The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

  28. Proverbs 25:13נֶ֭אֱמָןfaithful

    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.

  29. Proverbs 26:25תַּֽאֲמֶן־you trust

    When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

  30. Proverbs 27:6נֶ֭אֱמָנִים[are] reliable

    The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  31. Isaiah 1:21נֶאֱמָנָ֑הfaithful

    See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

  32. Isaiah 1:26נֶאֱמָנָֽהfaithful

    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.”

  33. Isaiah 7:9תַאֲמִ֔ינוּyou will believe

    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.’”

  34. Isaiah 7:9תֵאָמֵֽנוּ סyou will be established

    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.’”

  35. Isaiah 8:2נֶאֱמָנִ֑יםreliable

    And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

  36. Isaiah 22:23נֶאֱמָ֑ןfirm

    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.

  37. Isaiah 22:25נֶאֱמָ֑ןfirm

    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.

  38. Isaiah 28:16הַֽמַּאֲמִ֖יןthe [one who] trusts

    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.

  39. Isaiah 33:16נֶאֱמָנִֽים[will be] reliable

    he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

  40. Isaiah 43:10וְתַאֲמִ֨ינוּand you may believe

    “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.

  41. Isaiah 49:7נֶאֱמָ֔ן[is] faithful

    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.”

  42. Isaiah 49:23אֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְfoster-fathers your

    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.”

  43. Isaiah 53:1הֶאֱמִ֖יןhas he believed

    Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

  44. Isaiah 55:3הַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים<the> reliable

    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.

  45. Isaiah 60:4תֵּאָמַֽנָהthey will be carried

    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.

  46. Jeremiah 12:6תַּאֲמֵ֣ןyou trust

    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.

  47. Jeremiah 15:18נֶאֱמָֽנוּ סthey are reliable

    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.

  48. Jeremiah 40:14הֶאֱמִ֣יןhe believed

    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.

  49. Jeremiah 42:5וְנֶאֱמָ֑ןand faithful

    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.

  50. Lamentations 4:5הָאֱמֻנִים֙the [ones] brought up

    Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

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