Faithful
אֵמֻןStrong’s H0529emun (e-mun)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Emun is the Hebrew word usually translated “faithfulness”, “faithful” and “faithful of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.”
Meaning
- Faithfulness, trustingfaithful, trusty (as adj.)
How it's translated
- faithfulness 5
- faithful 2
- faithful of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 3
- Psalms 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 20:19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
- Psalms 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- Psalms 31:23O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
- Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
- Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
- Proverbs 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Hebrew dictionary
אֵמֻן emun · faithful
1) faithfulness, trusting 1a) faithful, trusty (as adj.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “faithful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FA'ITHFUL, adjective
- Firm in adherence to the truth and to the duties of religion.“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life” Revelation 2:10
- Firmly adhering to duty; of true fidelity; loyal; true to allegiance; as a faithful subject.
- constant in the performance of duties or services; exact in attending to commands; as a faithful servant.
- Observant of compact, treaties, contracts, vows or other engagements; true to one's word.
All definitions
- True; exact; in conformity to the letter and spirit; as a faithful execution of a will.
- True to the marriage covenant; as a faithful wife or husband.
- Conformable to truth; as a faithful narrative or representation.
- Constant; not fickle; as a faithful lover or friend.
- True; worthy of belief. 2 Timothy 2:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.