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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.

  • 2 Samuel 15:20
    Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
  • 1 Kings 2:4
    That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee(said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
  • 1 Kings 3:6
    And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
  • 1 Kings 10:6
    And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
  • 1 Kings 17:24
    And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
  • 1 Kings 22:16
    And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
  • 2 Kings 20:3
    I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
  • 2 Kings 20:19
    Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
  • 2 Chronicles 9:5
    And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
  • 2 Chronicles 15:3
    Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.