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אֱמֶת

e.metH0571

truth: faithful

Used 127 times in the tagged text.

H0571G · אֱמֶת · truth: faithful

What it means

  • firmness, faithfulness, truth
  • in truth, truly
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : faithful
  • 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
  • 1a) sureness, reliability
  • 1b) stability, continuance
  • 1c) faithfulness, reliableness
  • 1d) truth
  • 1d1) as spoken
  • 1d2) of testimony and judgment
  • 1d3) of divine instruction
  • 1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
  • 1d5) true doctrine
  • adv
  • 2) in truth, truly

H0571H · אֱמֶת · truth: true

What it means

  • firmness, faithfulness, truth
  • in truth, truly
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : true
  • 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
  • 1a) sureness, reliability
  • 1b) stability, continuance
  • 1c) faithfulness, reliableness
  • 1d) truth
  • 1d1) as spoken
  • 1d2) of testimony and judgment
  • 1d3) of divine instruction
  • 1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
  • 1d5) true doctrine
  • adv
  • 2) in truth, truly

H0571I · אֱמֶת · truth: certain

What it means

  • firmness, faithfulness, truth
  • in truth, truly
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : certain/fixed
  • 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
  • 1a) sureness, reliability
  • 1b) stability, continuance
  • 1c) faithfulness, reliableness
  • 1d) truth
  • 1d1) as spoken
  • 1d2) of testimony and judgment
  • 1d3) of divine instruction
  • 1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
  • 1d5) true doctrine
  • adv
  • 2) in truth, truly

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

  • Genesis6
  • Exodus2
  • Deuteronomy3
  • Joshua3
  • Judges3
  • 1 Samuel1
  • 2 Samuel3
  • 1 Kings5
  • 2 Kings2
  • 2 Chronicles5
  • Nehemiah3
  • Esther1
  • Psalms37
  • Proverbs12
  • Ecclesiastes1
  • Isaiah12
  • Jeremiah11
  • Ezekiel2
  • Daniel6
  • Hosea1
  • Micah1
  • Zechariah6
  • Malachi1

Every use · 1–50 of 127 · BSB

  1. Genesis 24:27וַאֲמִתּ֖וֹand faithfulness his

    saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

  2. Genesis 24:48אֱמֶ֔תtruth

    Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

  3. Genesis 24:49וֶֽאֱמֶ֛תand faithfulness

    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”

  4. Genesis 32:10הָ֣אֱמֶ֔תthe faithfulness

    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

  5. Genesis 42:16הַֽאֱמֶ֖ת¿ [is] truth

    Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

  6. Genesis 47:29וֶאֱמֶ֔תand faithfulness

    When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

  7. Exodus 18:21אֱמֶ֖תfaithfulness

    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

  8. Exodus 34:6וֶאֱמֶֽתand faithfulness

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

  9. Deuteronomy 13:14אֱמֶת֙truth

    then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

  10. Deuteronomy 17:4אֱמֶת֙truth

    and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

  11. Deuteronomy 22:20אֱמֶ֣תtruth

    If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

  12. Joshua 2:12אֱמֶֽתfaithfulness

    Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

  13. Joshua 2:14וֶאֱמֶֽתand faithfulness

    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

  14. Joshua 24:14וּבֶֽאֱמֶ֑תand in faithfulness

    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

  15. Judges 9:15בֶּאֱמֶ֣תin truth

    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

  16. Judges 9:16בֶּאֱמֶ֤תin faithfulness

    Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

  17. Judges 9:19בֶּאֱמֶ֨תin faithfulness

    if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.

  18. 1 Samuel 12:24בֶּאֱמֶ֖תin faithfulness

    Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

  19. 2 Samuel 2:6וֶאֱמֶ֑תand faithfulness

    Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.

  20. 2 Samuel 7:28אֱמֶ֑תtruth

    And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

  21. 2 Samuel 15:20וֶאֱמֶֽתand truth

    In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”

  22. 1 Kings 2:4בֶּאֱמֶ֔תin faithfulness

    and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

  23. 1 Kings 3:6בֶּאֱמֶ֧תin faithfulness

    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

  24. 1 Kings 10:6אֱמֶת֙truth

    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

  25. 1 Kings 17:24אֱמֶֽת פ[is] truth

    Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

  26. 1 Kings 22:16אֱמֶ֖תtruth

    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

  27. 2 Kings 20:3בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙in faithfulness

    “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

  28. 2 Kings 20:19וֶאֱמֶ֖תand stability

    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

  29. 2 Chronicles 9:5אֱמֶת֙[was] truth

    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

  30. 2 Chronicles 15:3אֱמֶ֗תtruth

    For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.

  31. 2 Chronicles 18:15אֱמֶ֖תtruth

    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

  32. 2 Chronicles 31:20וְהָ֣אֱמֶ֔תand <the> faithfulness

    So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

  33. 2 Chronicles 32:1וְהָאֱמֶת֙and the faithfulness

    After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

  34. Nehemiah 7:2אֱמֶ֔תfaithfulness

    Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

  35. Nehemiah 9:13אֱמֶ֔תfaithfulness

    You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

  36. Nehemiah 9:33אֱמֶ֥תfaithfulness

    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

  37. Esther 9:30וֶאֱמֶֽתand truth

    And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

  38. Psalms 15:2אֱ֝מֶ֗תtruth

    He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

  39. Psalms 19:9אֱמֶ֑ת[are] truth

    The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

  40. Psalms 25:5בַאֲמִתֶּ֨ךָin truth your

    Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

  41. Psalms 25:10וֶאֱמֶ֑תand faithfulness

    All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

  42. Psalms 26:3בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָin faithfulness your

    For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

  43. Psalms 30:9אֲמִתֶּֽךָfaithfulness your

    “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

  44. Psalms 31:5אֱמֶֽתfaithfulness

    Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

  45. Psalms 40:10וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗and faithfulness your

    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.

  46. Psalms 40:11וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗and faithfulness your

    O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

  47. Psalms 43:3וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָand truth your

    Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.

  48. Psalms 45:4אֱ֭מֶתtruth

    In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

  49. Psalms 51:6אֱ֭מֶתfaithfulness

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

  50. Psalms 54:5בַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗in faithfulness your

    He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

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