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# אֱמוּנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H530

**firmness** — used 49 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

firmness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/530/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֱמוּנָה: n.f. firmness, steadfastness, fidelity [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/530/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. firmness, steadfastness, fidelity Ex 17:12 + 46 times; אֱמוּנוֹת Pr 28:20. lit. firmness, steadiness: Ex 17:12 וַיְהִי יָדָיו א׳ his hands were steadiness (i.e. steady). steadfastness, אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ steadfastness of thy times Is 33:6. faithfulness, trust: of human conduct ψ 37:3 Pr 12:22 Je 5:3; 7:28; 9:2; in office 2 K 12:16; 22:7 2 Ch 19:9; 31:12; 34:12; (על) בֶּאֱמוּנָה in trust (over) 1 Ch 9:22, 26, 31 2 Ch 31:15, 18; דֶּרֶךְ א׳ ψ 119:30; אִישׁ אֱמוּנוֹת man of great faithfulness Pr 28:20; associated with צֶדֶק in human character יָפִיחַ א׳ יַגִּיד צֶדֶק who breatheth out faithfulness sheweth forth righteousness Pr 12:17; cf. 1 S 26:23 Is 59:4 Je 5:1; צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֹ יִחְיֶה a righteous man by his faithfulness liveth Hb 2:4 (\> faith Luth AV RV). as a divine attribute ψ 88:12; 89:2, 3, 6, 9 Is 25:1 Ho 2:22 La 3:23; אֵל אֱמוּנָה Dt 32:4; his faithfulness is shewn in his works ψ 33:4; commands ψ 119:86; in affliction ψ 119:75; in his oath to David ψ 89:50; it reacheth unto the skies ψ 36:6; unto all generations ψ 100:5; 119:90; he will not belie it ψ 89:34. It is אֱמוּנָה אֹמֶן Is 25:1; cf. אֱמוּנָה מְאֹד ψ 119:138. It is closely associated with the divine חֶסֶד mercy ψ 89:25; 92:3; 98:3 Ho 2:22; with the divine צֶדֶק, צְדָקָה ψ 96:13; 143:1 Is 11:5; & salvation ψ 40:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 49 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: faithfulness (41); of faithfulness (2); (of) faithfulness (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.30/#tree)

דֶּֽרֶךְ־אֱמוּנָ֥ה בָחָ֑רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃

*Word for word:* a.way of.faithfulness I.have.chosen judgments your I.have.placed

*JPS 1917:* I have chosen the way of faithfulness; Thine ordinances have I set before me.

[Psalms 119:138](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.138/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.138/#tree)

צִ֭וִּיתָ צֶ֣דֶק עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ וֶֽאֱמוּנָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* you.commanded righteousness testimonies your and faithfulness much

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/530/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).