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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 · 51–100 of 127 · BSB

  1. Psalms 57:3וַאֲמִתּֽוֹand faithfulness his

    He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

  2. Psalms 57:10אֲמִתֶּֽךָfaithfulness your

    For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

  3. Psalms 61:7וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗תand faithfulness

    May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

  4. Psalms 69:13בֶּאֱמֶ֥תin [the] faithfulness of

    But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

  5. Psalms 71:22אֲמִתְּךָ֪faithfulness your

    So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

  6. Psalms 85:10וֶאֱמֶ֥תand faithfulness

    Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

  7. Psalms 85:11אֱ֭מֶתfaithfulness

    Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

  8. Psalms 86:11בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָin truth your

    Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.

  9. Psalms 86:15וֶאֱמֶֽתand faithfulness

    But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

  10. Psalms 89:14וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗תand faithfulness

    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

  11. Psalms 91:4אֲמִתּֽוֹfaithfulness his

    He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

  12. Psalms 108:4אֲמִתֶּֽךָfaithfulness your

    For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

  13. Psalms 111:7אֱמֶ֣ת[are] faithfulness

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

  14. Psalms 111:8בֶּאֱמֶ֥תin faithfulness

    They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.

  15. Psalms 115:1אֲמִתֶּֽךָfaithfulness your

    Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

  16. Psalms 117:2וֶֽאֱמֶת־and [the] faithfulness of

    For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!

  17. Psalms 119:43אֱמֶ֣תfaithfulness

    Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

  18. Psalms 119:142אֱמֶֽת[is] truth

    Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

  19. Psalms 119:151אֱמֶֽת[are] truth

    You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.

  20. Psalms 119:160אֱמֶ֑ת[is] truth

    The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

  21. Psalms 132:11אֱמֶת֮faithfulness

    The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

  22. Psalms 138:2אֲמִתֶּ֑ךָfaithfulness your

    I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

  23. Psalms 145:18בֶאֱמֶֽתin truth

    The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

  24. Psalms 146:6אֱמֶ֣תfaithfulness

    the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

  25. Proverbs 3:3וֶאֱמֶ֗תand faithfulness

    Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  26. Proverbs 8:7אֱ֭מֶתtruth

    For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

  27. Proverbs 11:18אֱמֶֽתtruth

    The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

  28. Proverbs 12:19אֱ֭מֶתreliability

    Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

  29. Proverbs 14:22וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗תand faithfulness

    Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.

  30. Proverbs 14:25אֱמֶ֑תreliability

    A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

  31. Proverbs 16:6וֶ֭אֱמֶתand faithfulness

    By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

  32. Proverbs 20:28וֶ֭אֱמֶתand faithfulness

    Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

  33. Proverbs 22:21אֱמֶ֑תfaithfulness

    to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

  34. Proverbs 22:21אֱ֝מֶ֗תfaithfulness

    to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

  35. Proverbs 23:23אֱמֶ֣תtruth

    Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

  36. Proverbs 29:14בֶּֽאֱמֶ֣תin truth

    A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.

  37. Ecclesiastes 12:10אֱמֶֽתtruth

    The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

  38. Isaiah 10:20בֶּאֱמֶֽתin truth

    On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

  39. Isaiah 16:5בֶּאֱמֶ֖תin faithfulness

    in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

  40. Isaiah 38:3בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙in faithfulness

    saying, “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.

  41. Isaiah 38:18אֲמִתֶּֽךָfaithfulness your

    For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

  42. Isaiah 38:19אֲמִתֶּֽךָfaithfulness your

    The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

  43. Isaiah 39:8וֶאֱמֶ֖תand stability

    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”

  44. Isaiah 42:3לֶאֱמֶ֖תto faithfulness

    A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

  45. Isaiah 43:9אֱמֶֽתtruth

    All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

  46. Isaiah 48:1בֶאֱמֶ֖תin truth

    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—

  47. Isaiah 59:14אֱמֶ֔תtruth

    So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

  48. Isaiah 59:15הָֽאֱמֶת֙<the> truth

    Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

  49. Isaiah 61:8בֶּאֱמֶ֔תin faithfulness

    For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

  50. Jeremiah 2:21אֱמֶ֑תreliability

    I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

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