אָמַן

a.man · be faithful

Hebrew · Strong's H539 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-man' · 106 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with 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; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[אָמַן] vb. confirm, support
Qal
1. as vb. support, nourish
2. as subst. foster-father
3. foster-mother, nurse
4. pillars, supporters of the door
Niph.
1. carried by nurse
2. made firm, sure, lasting
3. confirmed, established, sure
4. verified, confirmed
5. reliable, faithful, trusty
Hiph.
1. stand firm
2. trust, believe

Every occurrence

  1. Nehemiah 9:8 נֶאֱמָ֣ן ne.'e.Man · An -ing word: receiving the action

    and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

  2. Nehemiah 13:13 נֶאֱמָנִים֙ ne.'e.ma.Nim · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute unto their brethren.

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