Word study · Hebrew
בָּטַח
ba.tachH0982to trust
Used 120 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- to trust
- (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 1) to trust
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to trust, trust in
- 1a2) to have confidence, be confident
- 1a3) to be bold
- 1a4) to be secure
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to cause to trust, make secure
- 2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless
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
- Deuteronomy1
- Judges5
- 2 Kings9
- 1 Chronicles1
- 2 Chronicles1
- Job4
- Psalms46
- Proverbs10
- Isaiah20
- Jeremiah16
- Ezekiel2
- Hosea1
- Amos1
- Micah1
- Habakkuk1
- Zephaniah1
Every use · 51–100 of 120 · BSB
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
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.
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
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