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. Nehemiah 7:2 אֱמֶ֔ת 'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

  2. Nehemiah 9:13 אֱמֶ֔ת 'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

  3. Nehemiah 9:33 אֱמֶ֥ת 'e.Met · A person, place or thing

    Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

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