אֱמֶת

e.met · truth: faithful

Hebrew · Strong's H571 · Noun · Sounds like: eh'-meth · 127 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • truth: faithful H0571G 66
  • truth: true H0571H · a Meaning of 50
  • truth: certain H0571I · a Meaning of 11

Strong's dictionary

contracted from אָמַן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אֱמֶת n.f. firmness, faithfulness
1. reliability, sureness
2. stability, continuance
3. faithfulness, reliableness
4. truth
5. adv. in truth, truly

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:5 אֱמֶת֙ 'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom.

  2. 2 Chronicles 15:3 אֱמֶ֗ת 'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

  3. 2 Chronicles 18:15 אֱמֶ֖ת 'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

  4. 2 Chronicles 31:20 וְהָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת ve.Ha.'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.

  5. 2 Chronicles 32:1 וְהָאֱמֶת֙ ve.ha.'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

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