Batach בָּטַח

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Batach
בָּטַח
Transliterationbatach
Strong's numberH982
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto trust
Occurrences120 in 117 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (45)

Batach (Hebrew בָּטַח, Strong's H982) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to trust”. It occurs 120 times in 117 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to trust
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to trust, trust in
1a2) to have confidence, be confident
1a3) to be bold
1a4) to be secure
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to trust, make secure
2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless

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

Translated as

KJVtrust (61), trusted (18), trusteth (14), trustest (6), confidence (4), secure (4), trustedst (3), confident (2), hoped (1), hope (1), trusting (1), sure (1), and 4 other renderings
BSBtrust (27), trusts (7), i trust (5), trusting (4), unsuspecting (3), who trust (3), we trust (3), trusted (3), who trusts (3), those who trust (3), he who trusts (3), is the basis (2), and 47 other renderings

Topics

Verses

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

Deuteronomy

Judges

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Amos

Micah

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

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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