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אֶמֶת H571

ʼemeth

eh'-meth

contracted from אָמַן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אֱמֶת n.f. firmness, faithfulness
1 reliability, sureness
2 stability, continuance
3 faithfulness, reliableness
4 truth
5 adv. in truth, truly

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

125 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Deuteronomy 22:20
    But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
  • Joshua 2:12
    Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
  • Joshua 2:14
    And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
  • Joshua 24:14
    Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
  • Judges 9:15
    And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Judges 9:16
    Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
  • Judges 9:19
    If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
  • 1 Samuel 12:24
    Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
  • 2 Samuel 2:6
    And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
  • 2 Samuel 7:28
    And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: