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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

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:15
    And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
  • 2 Chronicles 31:20
    And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:1
    After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
  • Nehemiah 7:2
    That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
  • Nehemiah 9:13
    Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
  • Nehemiah 9:33
    Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
  • Esther 9:30
    And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
  • Psalms 15:2
    He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
  • Psalms 19:9
    The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
  • Psalms 25:5
    Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.