Mivtach מִבְטָח
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| מִבְטָח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mivtach |
| Strong's number | H4009 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | confidence |
| Occurrences | 15 in 15 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (4) |
Mivtach (Hebrew מִבְטָח, Strong's H4009) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “confidence”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) trust, confidence, refuge
1a) act of confiding
1b) object of confidence
1c) state of confidence, security
1a) act of confiding
1b) object of confidence
1c) state of confidence, security
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | confidence (8), trust (4), sure (1), confidences (1), hope (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his security (1), shelter (1), my security (1), his trust (1), hope (1), my confidence (1), confidence (1), which they trust (1), your trust (1), is confidence (1), safe (1), those you trust (1), and 3 other renderings |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Mivtach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 8:14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
- Job 18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off 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;If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Psalms
- Psalm 40:4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- Psalm 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:With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Psalm 71:5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Proverbs 21:22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
- Proverbs 22:19That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
- Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 32:18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:37Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
- Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Jeremiah 48:13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth–el their confidence.Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 29:16And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).