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Strong's numbers

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.

  • Psalms 132:11
    The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
  • Psalms 138:2
    I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
  • Psalms 145:18
    The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
  • Psalms 146:6
    Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
  • Proverbs 3:3
    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
  • Proverbs 8:7
    For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
  • Proverbs 11:18
    The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
  • Proverbs 12:19
    The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
  • Proverbs 14:22
    Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
  • Proverbs 14:25
    A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.