אֱמֶת
faithfulness
also: firmness, truth fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 106 times (83%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 21 times (17%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 127 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H571 appears — 125 distinct verses across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 6 verses
- Genesis 24:27 וַ/אֲמִתּ֖/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."
- Genesis 24:48 אֱמֶ֔ת n c fs I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
- Genesis 24:49 וֶֽ/אֱמֶ֛ת conj + n c fs Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
- Genesis 32:10 הָ֣/אֱמֶ֔ת ptcl def.art + n c fs I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
- Genesis 42:16 הַֽ/אֱמֶ֖ת ptcl inter + n c fs Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
- Genesis 47:29 וֶ/אֱמֶ֔ת conj + n c fs The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 18:21 אֱמֶ֖ת n c fs Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 34:6 וֶ/אֱמֶֽת conj + n c fs Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 13:14 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
- Deuteronomy 17:4 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then shall you inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
- Deuteronomy 22:20 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 2:12 אֱמֶֽת n c fs Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;
- Joshua 2:14 וֶ/אֱמֶֽת conj + n c fs The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
- Joshua 24:14 וּ/בֶֽ/אֱמֶ֑ת conj + prep + n c fs Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 9:15 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֣ת prep + n c fs The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
- Judges 9:16 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֤ת prep + n c fs Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
- Judges 9:19 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֨ת prep + n c fs if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:6 וֶ/אֱמֶ֑ת conj + n c fs Now Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
- 2 Samuel 7:28 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant:
- 2 Samuel 15:20 וֶ/אֱמֶֽת conj + n c fs Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you, and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 2:4 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֔ת prep + n c fs That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 3:6 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֧ת prep + n c fs Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 10:6 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
- 1 Kings 17:24 אֱמֶֽת n c fs The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
- 1 Kings 22:16 אֱמֶ֖ת n c fs The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 20:3 בֶּֽ/אֱמֶת֙ prep + n c fs Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
- 2 Kings 20:19 וֶ/אֱמֶ֖ת conj + n c fs Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh which you have spoken. He said moreover, Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 9:5 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs She said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
- 2 Chronicles 15:3 אֱמֶ֗ת n c fs Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
- 2 Chronicles 18:15 אֱמֶ֖ת n c fs The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
- 2 Chronicles 31:20 וְ/הָ֣/אֱמֶ֔ת conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs Thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 וְ/הָ/אֱמֶת֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
Nehemiah 3 verses
- Nehemiah 7:2 אֱמֶ֔ת n c fs that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- Nehemiah 9:13 אֱמֶ֔ת n c fs You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:33 אֱמֶ֥ת n c fs However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
Esther 1 verse
Psalms 37 verses
- Psalms 15:2 אֱ֝מֶ֗ת n c fs He who walks blamelessly does what is right, And speaks truth in his heart;
- Psalms 19:9 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
- Psalms 25:5 בַ/אֲמִתֶּ֨/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
- Psalms 25:10 וֶ/אֱמֶ֑ת conj + n c fs All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth To such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Psalms 26:3 בַּ/אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
- Psalms 30:9 אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
- Psalms 31:5 אֱמֶֽת n c fs Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
- Psalms 40:10 וַ֝/אֲמִתְּ/ךָ֗ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Psalms 40:11 וַ֝/אֲמִתְּ/ךָ֗ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
- Psalms 43:3 וַ֭/אֲמִתְּ/ךָ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
- Psalms 45:4 אֱ֭מֶת n c fs In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
- Psalms 51:6 אֱ֭מֶת n c fs Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Psalms 54:5 בַּ֝/אֲמִתְּ/ךָ֗ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.
- Psalms 57:3 וַ/אֲמִתּֽ/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He will send from heaven, and save me, He rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
- Psalms 57:10 אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, And your truth to the skies.
- Psalms 61:7 וֶ֝/אֱמֶ֗ת conj + n c fs He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
- Psalms 69:13 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֥ת prep + n c fs cs But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
- Psalms 71:22 אֲמִתְּ/ךָ֪ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 85:10 וֶ/אֱמֶ֥ת conj + n c fs Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Psalms 85:11 אֱ֭מֶת n c fs Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
- Psalms 86:11 בַּ/אֲמִתֶּ֑/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
- Psalms 86:15 וֶ/אֱמֶֽת conj + n c fs But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- Psalms 89:14 וֶ֝/אֱמֶ֗ת conj + n c fs Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
- Psalms 91:4 אֲמִתּֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
- Psalms 108:4 אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 111:7 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
- Psalms 111:8 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֥ת prep + n c fs They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
- Psalms 115:1 אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, But to your name give glory, For your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
- Psalms 117:2 וֶֽ/אֱמֶת conj + n c fs cs For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 119:43 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances.
- Psalms 119:142 אֱמֶֽת n c fs Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
- Psalms 119:151 אֱמֶֽת n c fs You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
- Psalms 119:160 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
- Psalms 132:11 אֱמֶת֮ n c fs Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
- Psalms 138:2 אֲמִתֶּ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms I will bow down toward your holy temple, And give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; For you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
- Psalms 145:18 בֶ/אֱמֶֽת prep + n c fs Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, To all who call on him in truth.
- Psalms 146:6 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;
Proverbs 11 verses
- Proverbs 3:3 וֶ/אֱמֶ֗ת conj + n c fs Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Proverbs 8:7 אֱ֭מֶת n c fs For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- Proverbs 11:18 אֱמֶֽת n c fs Wicked people earn deceitful wages, But one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
- Proverbs 12:19 אֱ֭מֶת n c fs Truth's lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only momentary.
- Proverbs 14:22 וֶ֝/אֱמֶ֗ת conj + n c fs Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
- Proverbs 14:25 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs A truthful witness saves souls, But a false witness is deceitful.
- Proverbs 16:6 וֶ֭/אֱמֶת conj + n c fs By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
- Proverbs 20:28 וֶ֭/אֱמֶת conj + n c fs Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
- Proverbs 22:21 אֱמֶ֑ת אֱ֝מֶ֗ת n c fs n c fs To teach you truth, reliable words, To give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
- Proverbs 23:23 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs Buy the truth, and don't sell it: Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
- Proverbs 29:14 בֶּֽ/אֱמֶ֣ת prep + n c fs The king who fairly judges the poor, His throne shall be established forever.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 12 verses
- Isaiah 10:20 בֶּ/אֱמֶֽת prep + n c fs It shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
- Isaiah 16:5 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֖ת prep + n c fs A throne shall be established in loving kindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
- Isaiah 38:3 בֶּֽ/אֱמֶת֙ prep + n c fs and said, Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
- Isaiah 38:18 אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For Sheol can't praise you, death can't celebrate you: Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
- Isaiah 38:19 אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
- Isaiah 39:8 וֶ/אֱמֶ֖ת conj + n c fs Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
- Isaiah 42:3 לֶ/אֱמֶ֖ת prep + n c fs A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
- Isaiah 43:9 אֱמֶֽת n c fs Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
- Isaiah 48:1 בֶ/אֱמֶ֖ת prep + n c fs Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
- Isaiah 59:14 אֱמֶ֔ת n c fs Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
- Isaiah 59:15 הָֽ/אֱמֶת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.
- Isaiah 61:8 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֔ת prep + n c fs For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Jeremiah 11 verses
- Jeremiah 2:21 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
- Jeremiah 4:2 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֖ת prep + n c fs and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
- Jeremiah 9:5 וֶ/אֱמֶ֖ת conj + n c fs They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- Jeremiah 10:10 אֱמֶ֔ת n c fs But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
- Jeremiah 14:13 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
- Jeremiah 23:28 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 26:15 בֶ/אֱמֶ֗ת prep + n c fs Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on the inhabitants of it; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
- Jeremiah 28:9 בֶּ/אֱמֶֽת prep + n c fs The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.
- Jeremiah 32:41 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֔ת prep + n c fs Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
- Jeremiah 33:6 וֶ/אֱמֶֽת conj + n c fs Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
- Jeremiah 42:5 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 18:8 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
- Ezekiel 18:9 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.
Daniel 6 verses
- Daniel 8:12 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs The host was given over [to it] together with the continual [burnt offering] through disobedience; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and prospered.
- Daniel 8:26 אֱמֶ֣ת n c fs The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to come].
- Daniel 9:13 בַּ/אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.
- Daniel 10:1 וֶ/אֱמֶ֤ת conj + n c fs In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Daniel 10:21 אֱמֶ֑ת n c fs But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."
- Daniel 11:2 אֱמֶ֖ת n c fs Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
Hosea 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 7:9 אֱמֶת֙ n c fs "Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
- Zechariah 8:3 הָֽ/אֱמֶ֔ת ptcl def.art + n c fs Thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of Yahweh of Hosts, 'The Holy Mountain.'"
- Zechariah 8:8 בֶּ/אֱמֶ֖ת prep + n c fs and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
- Zechariah 8:16 אֱמֶת֙ אֱמֶת֙ n c fs n c fs These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
- Zechariah 8:19 וְ/הָ/אֱמֶ֥ת conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
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“faithfulness” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word אמת (ʼemeth). First canonically at Genesis 24:27, it enters the text early. It turns up in 125 verses across 23 books, a common footprint. It concentrates in Psalms, which alone accounts for 30% of its uses. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “firmness” and “truth”. See the sense tree, 125-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H571 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 125
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 125 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #348
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 348 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 125 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 125 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 64 verses · 51%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 50 verses · 40%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 11 verses · 9%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Truth 74×, True 6×, Truly 6×
- American Standard Version: Truth 64×, True 6×, Is truth 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Truth 35×, Faithfulness 34×, True 12×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Truth 56×, Faithfulness 26×, Trustworthiness 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H571 across 127 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H571 across 125 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H571 across 125 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H571 across 126 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. reliability, sureness: דֶּרֶךְ אֱמֶת sure way Gn 24:48 (J); שׂכר אמת sure reward Pr 11:18; אות אמת sure token Jos 2:12 (J); זֶרַע אמת Je 2:21. e.g. Genesis 24:48
- 2. stability, continuance: שָׁלוֹם וֶאֱמֶת peace and stability Is 39:8 (= 2 K 20:19) Est 9:30 Je 33:6 Zc 8:19, cf. שׁלום אמת Je 14:13. e.g. Isaiah 39:8
- 3. faithfulness, reliableness: (a) of men אִישׁ אֱמֶת faithful man Ne 7:2; אנשׁי אמת Ex 18:21 (E); הָלַךְ בֶּאֱמֶת walk in faithfulness, faithfully 1 K 2:4; 3:6 2 K 20:3 Is 38:3 cf. 1 S 12:24; of י׳, בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ ψ 25:5; 26:3; 86:11; עיר האמת Zc 8:3; of men ψ 45:5; 51:8 2 Ch 31:20; 32:1 Pr 29:14 Is 10:20; 42:3; 48:1; בא׳ ובתמים Ju 9:16, 19 Jos 24:14; חֶסֶד וֶאֱ׳ mercy and faithfulness Pr 3:3; 14:22; 16:6; 20:28 Ho 4:1, & the phrase עשׂה חסד ואמת Gn 24:49; 47:29 Jos 2:14 (J) 2 S 15:20. (b) an attribute of God ψ 54:7; 71:22 Is 38:18, 19; 61:8; נתן אמת Mi 7:20; עשׂה אמת Ez 18:9 Ne 9:33; עשׂה חסד ואמת Gn 32:11 (J) 2 S 2:6; רב חסד ואמת abundant in mercy and faithfulness Ex 34:6 (J) ψ 86:15; these attributes are also associated ψ 40:11, 12; 61:8; 115:1; 138:2 Is 16:5 Gn 24:27 (J); they are messengers of God to men ψ 57:4; 85:11; 89:15 cf. ψ 43:3; כל ארחות י׳ חסד ואמת ψ 25:10; the faithfulness of God endureth for ever ψ 117:2; he keepeth it for ever ψ 146:6; it reacheth unto the skies ψ 57:11; 108:5; it is shield & buckler ψ 91:4; he is אל אמת ψ 31:6 = אלהי אמת 2 Ch 15:3; אֱמֶת is also associated with the divine ישׁר ψ 111:8; צֶדֶק ψ 85:12; צְדָקָה Zc 8:8; מִשְׁפָּט ψ 111:7 Je 4:2; & salvation ψ 69:14. e.g. Nehemiah 7:2
- 4. truth (a) as spoken: דבר אמת speak truth 1 K 22:16 2 Ch 18:15 Je 9:4 Zc 8:16 ψ 15:2; דִּבְרֵי א׳ Ec 12:10; אֱמֶת הַדָּבָר the thing is true Dt 22:20 1 K 10:6 2 Ch 9:5 Dn 10:1; אמת נכון הדבר the thing is certainly true Dt 13:15; 17:4; אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת = אמרים אמת Pr 22:21; הגה אמת Pr 8:7; הגיד א׳ Dn 11:2, אֲמִתְּךָ ψ 30:10; שׂפת אמת Pr 12:19; אֱמֶת it is true Is 43:9; האמת אתכם whether truth is with you Gn 42:16 (E) cf. Is 59:14, 15. (b) of testimony and judgment עֵד אֱמֶת true witness Pr 14:25; עד אמת ונאמן Je 42:5; משׁפט אמת Ez 18:8 Zc 7:9; שָׁפַט אמת Zc 8:16. (c) of divine instruction כְּתָב אֱמֶת Dn 10:21; תורת אמת Mal 2:6 cf. Ne 9:13; תורתך אמת ψ 119:142; דבר י׳ בְּפִיךָ אמת 1 K 17:24 cf. 2 S 7:28; משׁפטי י׳ אמת ψ 19:10; ראשׁ דברך אמת ψ 119:160; מצותיך אמת ψ 119:151. (d) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge Dn 8:12; להשׂכיל באמתך Dn 9:13. e.g. 1 Kings 22:16
- 5. adv. in truth, truly ψ 132:11; יהוה אלהים אמת Yahweh is God in truth, truly Je 10:10; 23:28; elsewhere בֶּאֱמֶת Ju 9:15; ψ 145:18 Je 26:15; 28:9; 32:41. e.g. Psalms 132:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.f. firmness, faithfulness, truth (contr. for אֱמֶנֶת, from אָמֵן) Gn 24:48 + 106 times; sf. אֲמִתּוֹ, אֲמִתְּךָ ψ 91:4 + 18 times
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אמן (ʼâman) (H539) — to confirm.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֱמֶת
- (b. h.; = אמנת; אמן) truth, faith, reality. Y. Snh. XI, 30ᶜ top לחם א׳ bread of truth, unfeigned hospitality. Gen. R. s. 96 חסד של א׳ true (unselfish) charity. Y. Meg. I, 70ᵃ top כאֲמִיתָּהּ של תורה as the Law itself, i.e. as though the Scroll of Esther were the Pentateuch. Y. Shebu. VI, 37ᵃ top אֲמִיתָּן של דברים the truth of &c. Num. R. s. 12 א׳ של תורה וכ׳ the truth of the Law is a weapon (of protection) to its owner.—בא׳ אמרו in fact they said that &c. Sabb. I, 3; a. fr.—B. Mets. 60ᵃ, a. e. כל בא׳ אמרו הלכה היא wherever an opinion is introduced with the words ‘In fact they said’ it means to say that it is an established legal rule. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ bot., a. e. כ׳'מ ששנו בא׳ וכ׳ wherever the Mishnah says, ‘In fact’, it indicates a rule dating from Moses on Sinai, i.e. an ancient tradition; v. Frank. Darké p. 286.—הא׳ indeed? Tanḥ. Noah, 10 (ed. Bub. 15, corr. acc.); v. אוֹנְטוֹס.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 57 distinct written forms H571 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H571, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- אמון ʼâmôwn H525 craftsman
- אמון ʼêmûwn H529 faithfulness
- אמן ʼăman H540 to trust
- אמן ʼâmân H542 artisan
- אמן ʼâmên H543 truly
- אמן ʼômen H544 faithfulness
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 108 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 125 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 24:27
- Exodus 18:21
- Deuteronomy 13:14
- Joshua 2:12
- Judges 9:15
- 1 Samuel 12:24
- 2 Samuel 2:6
- 1 Kings 2:4
- 2 Kings 20:3
- 2 Chronicles 9:5
- Psalms 15:2
- Proverbs 3:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
