Be faithful
אָמַןStrong’s H0539aman (a-man)
Appears in 100 verses of the Old Testament
In short
To be firm, to support, to believe. The word "amen" comes from it. Abraham "believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness" (Genesis 15:6).
“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Meaning
- To support, confirm, be faithful(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- faithful 10
- reliable 9
- let it be established 4
- they believed 4
- they will believe 3
- and they believed 3
- i believed 3
- he believed 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 16
- Isaiah 14
- Job 10
- Exodus 7
- Deuteronomy 5
- 1 Samuel 5
24 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 42:20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
- Genesis 45:26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.
- Exodus 4:1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
- Exodus 4:5That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
- Exodus 4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Exodus 4:9And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
All 100 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אָמַן aman · 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)
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.