Strong's #539: 'aman (pronounced aw-man')
a primitive root; properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand:--hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'âman
1) to support, confirm, be faithful
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish
1a1a) foster-father (substantive)
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 108 times:
Job 4:18: " he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:"
Job 9:16: "I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice."
Job 12:20: "the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged."
Job 15:15: " he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight."
Job 15:22: " He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of"
Job 15:31: "him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense."
Job 24:22: "with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life."
Job 29:24: "on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down."
Job 39:12: " Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?"
Job 39:24: "with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet."
Psalms 12:1: "the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men."
Psalms 19:7: "the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple."
Psalms 27:13: " I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."
Psalms 31:23: "ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud"
Psalms 78:8: "that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God."
Psalms 78:22: " they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:"
Psalms 78:32: "this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works."
Psalms 78:37: "was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant."
Psalms 89:28: "will I keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast"
Psalms 89:37: "forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah."
Psalms 93:5: "are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, forever."
Psalms 101:6: " shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way,"
Psalms 106:12: " Then believed they his words; they sang his praise."
Psalms 106:24: "the pleasant land, they believed not his word:"
Psalms 111:7: "and judgment; all his commandments are sure."
Psalms 116:10: " I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:"
Psalms 119:66: "judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments."
Proverbs 11:13: "revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter."
Proverbs 14:15: " believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going."
Proverbs 25:13: "of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul"
Proverbs 26:25: "he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations"
Proverbs 27:6: " Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Isaiah 1:21: " is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness"
Isaiah 1:26: "afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Isaiah 7:9: "son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established."
Isaiah 7:9: "believe, surely ye shall not be established."
Isaiah 8:2: " And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son"
Isaiah 22:23: "him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's"
Isaiah 22:25: "of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall;"
Isaiah 28:16: "corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste."
Isaiah 33:16: "bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."
Isaiah 43:10: "I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:"
Isaiah 49:7: "because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose"
Isaiah 49:23: "shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth,"
Isaiah 53:1: " hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?"
Isaiah 55:3: "and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David."
Isaiah 60:4: "shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side."
Jeremiah 12:6: "have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words"
Jeremiah 15:18: "wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? that fail?"
Jeremiah 40:14: "of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not."
