Aman אָמַן

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Aman
אָמַן
Transliterationaman
Strong's numberH539
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossbe faithful
Occurrences106 in 100 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (16)

Aman (Hebrew אָמַן, Strong's H539) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be faithful”. It occurs 106 times in 100 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbelieved (21), faithful (20), believe (18), sure (11), established (6), up (4), trust (4), believeth (4), verified (3), continuance (2), nurse (2), stedfast (2), and 10 other renderings
BSBbelieve (20), faithful (10), trust (7), believed (4), trustworthy (4), lasting (3), they may believe (2), nurse (2), is faithful (2), trusted (2), guardians (2), into a firm (2), and 44 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Aman, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Hosea

Jonah

Micah

Habakkuk

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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