Usually translated as
be faithful, believe, trust, nurse, assurance, fail, hence, bring up, establish, turn to the right
Occurrences
ʼâman occurs 107 times in 101 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (7), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (5), Judges (1), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (5), Nehemiah (2), Esther (1), Job (10), Psalms (16), Proverbs (5), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (2), Hosea (2), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 15:6 — And he believed (וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן) in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
- Genesis 42:20 — But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified (וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּ), and ye shall not die. And they did so.
- Genesis 45:26 — And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed (הֶאֱמִ֖ין) them not.
- Exodus 4:1 — And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe (יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ) me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
- Exodus 4:5 — That they may believe (יַאֲמִ֔ינוּ) that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
- Exodus 4:8 — And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe (יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ) thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Exodus 4:8 — And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe (וְהֶֽאֱמִ֔ינוּ) the voice of the latter sign.
- Exodus 4:9 — And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe (יַאֲמִ֡ינוּ) also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
- Exodus 4:31 — And the people believed (וַֽיַּאֲמֵ֖ן): and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Exodus 14:31 — And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed (וַיַּֽאֲמִ֙ינוּ֙) the LORD, and his servant Moses.
- Exodus 19:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe (יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ) thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
- Numbers 11:12 — Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father (הָאֹמֵן֙) beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
- Numbers 12:7 — My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful (נֶאֱמָ֥ן) in all mine house.
- Numbers 14:11 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe (יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ) me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
- Numbers 20:12 — And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed (הֶאֱמַנְתֶּ֣ם) me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
- Deuteronomy 1:32 — Yet in this thing ye did not believe (מַאֲמִינִ֔ם) the LORD your God,
- Deuteronomy 7:9 — Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful (הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן) God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
- Deuteronomy 9:23 — Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed (הֶֽאֱמַנְתֶּם֙) him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
- Deuteronomy 28:59 — Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance (וְנֶ֣אֱמָנ֔וֹת), and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
- Deuteronomy 28:59 — Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance (וְנֶאֱמָנִֽים).
- Deuteronomy 28:66 — And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance (תַאֲמִ֖ין) of thy life:
- Judges 11:20 — But Sihon trusted (הֶאֱמִ֨ין) not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
- Ruth 4:16 — And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse (לְאֹמֶֽנֶת) unto it.
- 1 Samuel 2:35 — And I will raise me up a faithful (נֶאֱמָ֔ן) priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
- 1 Samuel 2:35 — And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure (נֶאֱמָ֔ן) house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
- 1 Samuel 3:20 — And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established (נֶאֱמָ֣ן) to be a prophet of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 22:14 — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful (נֶאֱמָ֔ן) among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
- 1 Samuel 25:28 — I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure (נֶאֱמָ֗ן) house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
- 1 Samuel 27:12 — And Achish believed (וַיַּאֲמֵ֥ן) David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
- 2 Samuel 4:4 — And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse (אֹֽמַנְתּוֹ֙) took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Samuel 7:16 — And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established (וְנֶאְמַ֨ן) for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
- 2 Samuel 20:19 — I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
- 1 Kings 8:26 — And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified (יֵאָ֤מֶן), which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
- 1 Kings 10:7 — Howbeit I believed (הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי) not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
- 1 Kings 11:38 — And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure (נֶאֱמָן֙) house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
- 2 Kings 10:1 — And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up (הָאֹמְנִ֥ים) Ahab’s children, saying,
- 2 Kings 10:5 — And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up (וְהָאֹמְנִ֨ים) of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
- 2 Kings 17:14 — Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe (הֶאֱמִ֔ינוּ) in the LORD their God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:23 — Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established (יֵאָמֵ֖ן) for ever, and do as thou hast said.
- 1 Chronicles 17:24 — Let it even be established (וְ֠יֵֽאָמֵן), that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
- 2 Chronicles 1:9 — Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established (יֵֽאָמֵן֙): for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
- 2 Chronicles 6:17 — Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified (יֵֽאָמֵן֙), which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
- 2 Chronicles 9:6 — Howbeit I believed (הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי) not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe (הַאֲמִ֜ינוּ) in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established (וְתֵ֣אָמֵ֔נוּ); believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe (הַאֲמִ֥ינוּ) his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 — Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe (תַּאֲמִ֣ינוּ) him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
- Nehemiah 9:8 — And foundest his heart faithful (נֶאֱמָ֣ן) before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
- Nehemiah 13:13 — And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful (נֶאֱמָנִים֙), and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
- Esther 2:7 — And he brought up (אֹמֵ֜ן) Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.