Confidence
מִבְטָחStrong’s H4009mivtach (miv-tach)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mivtach is the Hebrew word usually translated “trust his”, “trust of” and “security my”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.”
Meaning
- Trust, confidence, refugeact of confiding · object of confidence · state of confidence, security
How it's translated
- trust his 4
- trust of 2
- security my 1
- confidence my 1
- confidence of 1
- trust its 1
- trust your 1
- security 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 4
- Job 3
- Psalms 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Isaiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
- Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- Psalms 40:4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Psalms 65:5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
- Psalms 71:5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
- Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Hebrew dictionary
מִבְטָח mivtach · confidence
1) trust, confidence, refuge 1a) act of confiding 1b) object of confidence 1c) state of confidence, security
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “confidence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CON'FIDENCE, noun
[Latin See Confide.]
- A trusting, or reliance; an assurance of mind or firm belief in the integrity, stability or veracity of another, or in the truth and reality of a fact.“It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man” Psalms 118:8“I rejoice that I have confidence in you in all things” 2 Corinthians 7:16
- Trust; reliance; applied to one's own abilities, or fortune; belief in one's own competency.
- That in which trust is placed; ground of trust; he or that which supports.“Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence” Jeremiah 48:13
- Safety, or assurance of safety; security.“They shall build houses and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence” Ezekiel 28:26
All definitions
- Boldness; courage.“Preaching the kingdom of God with all confidence” Acts 28:31
- Excessive boldness; assurance, proceeding forom vanity or a false opinion of one's own abilities, or excellencies.
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.