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a.man H539

אָמַן (a.man) means “be faithful” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אָמַן Hebrew · H539 105 tagged occurrences in 99 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-man' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0539

אָמַן · a.man · be faithful

1) to support, confirm, be faithful 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish 1a1a) foster-father (subst.) 1a1b) foster-mother, nurse 1a1c) pillars, supporters of the door 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm 1b1a) to be carried by a nurse 1b1b) made firm, sure, lasting 1b1c) confirmed, established, sure 1b1d) verified, confirmed 1b1e) reliable, faithful, trusty 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in 1c1a) stand firm 1c1b) trust, believe Aramaic equivalent: a.man (אֲמַן "to trust" H0540)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541 (אָמַן), to go to the right hand) properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;

KJV glosses: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.

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How translators render H539

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
believe 17
trust 6
the faithful 4
believed 3
a faithful 2
a lasting 2
a nurse 2
faithful 2
into a firm 2
is faithful 2
they may believe 2
to believe 2
trustworthy 2
abram believed 1
an enduring 1
and believe 1
and believed 1
and chronic 1
and faithful 1
and is faithful 1
and lasting 1
and the guardians 1
and you will be upheld 1
are faithful 1
are trustworthy 1
assurance 1
assured 1
be established 1
be fulfilled 1
believe it 1
believes 1
but a trustworthy 1
can be verified 1
can you trust 1
certain 1
confirm 1
confirmed 1
had brought up 1
has believed 1
he despairs of 1
his nurse 1
i am certain 1
i believe 1
i believed 1
is a trustworthy 1
is as faithful 1
is trustworthy 1
please confirm 1
promised 1
put their trust 1
rely 1
stand at all 1
stand firm in your faith 1
stand still 1
the guardians of the sons 1
the one who believes 1
the trusted 1
then they believed 1
there 1
those brought up 1
trusted 1
was confirmed 1
what is certain 1
will be carried 1
will be established 1
will endure 1
will stand fast 1
with trust 1
your foster fathers 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
faithful 6
believed 4
sure 4
a faithful 3
believe 3
the faithful 3
and it shall come to pass if they will not believe 2
and of long continuance 2
be established 2
be verified 2
howbeit i believed 2
trust 2
a sure 1
also and the bringers up 1
and became nurse 1
and believe 1
and believed 1
and faithful 1
and he believed 1
and he brought up 1
and his nurse 1
and is faithful 1
and shalt have none assurance 1
and to them that brought up 1
and ye believed 1
as a nursing father 1
because they believed 1
because ye believed 1
behold he put no trust 1
behold he putteth no trust 1
believeth 1
but behold they will not believe 1
but he that is of a faithful 1
established 1
fail 1
for he believed 1
for i have believed 1
for the faithful 1
he believeth 1
he that believeth 1
him a sure 1
how is the faithful 1
i believed 1
i had believed 1
i pray thee be verified 1
if ye will not believe 1
in a sure 1
in the sure 1
is sure 1
let it even be established 1
neither believeth 1
of the trusty 1
on them they believed 1
shall be established 1
shall be nursed 1
shall be thy nursing fathers 1
shall stand fast 1
so shall ye be established 1
still and believed 1
surely ye shall not be established 1
that did not believe 1
that is faithful 1
that they may believe 1
that they will believe 1
that which shall surely be 1
the sure 1
thee a sure 1
thee believe 1
then believed 1
they believe 1
they believed 1
they that were brought up 1
trusted 1
unto me faithful 1
upon the faithful 1
was not stedfast 1
who hath believed 1
wilt thou believe 1
with him neither were they stedfast 1
with thee and believe 1
would i not believe 1
would not have believed 1
ye did not believe 1
ye will not believe 1
you on this manner neither yet believe 1

Verses containing H539

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  1. Genesis 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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  2. Genesis 42:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

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  3. Genesis 45:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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  4. Exodus 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

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  5. Exodus 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

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  6. Exodus 4:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

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  7. Exodus 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

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  8. Exodus 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

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  9. Exodus 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

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  10. Exodus 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

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  11. Numbers 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

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  12. Numbers 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

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  13. Numbers 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

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  14. Numbers 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

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  15. Deuteronomy 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

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  16. Deuteronomy 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

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  17. Deuteronomy 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.

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  18. Deuteronomy 28:59 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.

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  19. Deuteronomy 28:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

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  20. Judges 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

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  21. Ruth 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.

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  22. 1 Samuel 2:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.

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  23. 1 Samuel 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

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  24. 1 Samuel 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?

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  25. 1 Samuel 25:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

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  26. 1 Samuel 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

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  27. 2 Samuel 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

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  28. 2 Samuel 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

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  29. 1 Kings 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

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  30. 1 Kings 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

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  31. 1 Kings 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

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  32. 2 Kings 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:

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  33. 2 Kings 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

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  34. 2 Kings 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

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  35. 1 Chronicles 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,

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  36. 1 Chronicles 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

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  37. 2 Chronicles 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

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  38. 2 Chronicles 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

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  39. 2 Chronicles 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.

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  40. 2 Chronicles 20:20 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”

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  41. 2 Chronicles 32:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

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  42. Nehemiah 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

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  43. Nehemiah 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

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  44. Esther 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

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  45. Job 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

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  46. Job 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

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  47. Job 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

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  48. Job 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

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  49. Job 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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  50. Job 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

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