Emet אֱמֶת

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Emet
אֱמֶת
Transliterationemet
Strong's numberH571 (H0571G, H0571H, H0571I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosstruth: faithful
Occurrences127 in 125 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (37)

Emet (Hebrew אֱמֶת, Strong's H571) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “truth: faithful”. It occurs 127 times in 125 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0571G: truth: faithful

: faithful
1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
1a) sureness, reliability
1b) stability, continuance
1c) faithfulness, reliableness
1d) truth
1d1) as spoken
1d2) of testimony and judgment
1d3) of divine instruction
1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
1d5) true doctrine
adv
2) in truth, truly

H0571H: truth: true

: true
1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
1a) sureness, reliability
1b) stability, continuance
1c) faithfulness, reliableness
1d) truth
1d1) as spoken
1d2) of testimony and judgment
1d3) of divine instruction
1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
1d5) true doctrine
adv
2) in truth, truly

H0571I: truth: certain

: certain/fixed
1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
1a) sureness, reliability
1b) stability, continuance
1c) faithfulness, reliableness
1d) truth
1d1) as spoken
1d2) of testimony and judgment
1d3) of divine instruction
1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
1d5) true doctrine
adv
2) in truth, truly

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

Translated as

KJVtruth (90), true (18), truly (7), right (3), faithfully (2), establishment (1), faithful (1), verity (1), truth's (1), sure (1), assured (1), assuredly (1)
BSBtruth (29), faithfulness (23), true (12), your faithfulness (10), faithfully (8), your truth (5), is true (3), security (2), are true (2), faithful (2), truthful (2), right (1), and 26 other renderings

Topics

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Micah

Zechariah

Malachi

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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