To trust
אֲמַןStrong’s H0540aman (a-man)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aman is the Aramaic word usually translated “trustworthy” and “had trusted”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”
Meaning
- To confirm, support(Aphel)
How it's translated
- and trustworthy 1
- trustworthy 1
- he had trusted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 6:4In contextThen the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
- Daniel 6:23In contextThen was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Aramaic dictionary
אֲמַן aman · to trust
1) to confirm, support 1a) (Aphel) 1a1) to believe in 1a2) to trust 1a3) trustworthy (pass participle) Aramaic of a.man (אָמַן "be faithful" H0539)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trust” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRUST, noun
- Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.“He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe” Proverbs 28:25
- He or that which is the ground of confidence.“O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth” Psalms 71:5
- Charge received in confidence.
- That which is committed to one's care.
All definitions and other forms of “trust”
- Confident opinion of any event.
- Credit given without examination; as, to take opinions on trust
- Credit on promise of payment, actual or implied; as, to take or purchase goods on trust
- Something committed to a person's care for use or management, and for which an account must be rendered.
- Confidence; special reliance on supposed honesty.
- State of him to whom something is entrusted.
- Care; management. 1 Timothy 6:17
- In law, an estate, devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will of another; an estate held for the use of another.
TRUST, verb transitive
To place confidence in; to rely on. We cannot trust those who have deceived us.
- To believe; to credit.
- To commit to the care of, in confidence. trust your Maker with yourself and all your concerns.
- To venture confidently.
- To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
TRUST, verb intransitive
To be confident of something present or future.
- “I trust to come to you, and speak face to face” 2 John 1:12“We trust we have a good conscience” Hebrews 13:18
- To be credulous; to be won to confidence.“TRUST in the Lord, and do good” Psalms 37:3“They shall be greatly ashamed that trust in graven images” Isaiah 42:17
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.