Truly
אׇמְנָםStrong’s H0551omnam (om-nam)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Omnam is the Hebrew word usually translated “truly”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.”
Meaning
- Verily, truly, surely
How it's translated
- truly 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 6
- Ruth 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 19:17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
- Job 9:2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
- Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
- Job 19:4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
- Job 19:5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
- Job 34:12Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Hebrew dictionary
אׇמְנָם omnam · truly
verily, truly, surely
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “truly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRU'LY, adverb
[from true.]
In fact; in deed; in reality.
- According to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to see things truly; the facts are truly represented.
- Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover.
- Exactly; justly; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence.
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.