Usually translated as
truth, true, truly, right, assured, assuredly, establishment, faithful, sure, verity
Occurrences
ʼemeth occurs 127 times in 125 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (3), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (5), Nehemiah (3), Esther (1), Psalms (37), Proverbs (11), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (11), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (6), Hosea (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (5), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 24:27 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth (וַאֲמִתּ֖וֹ): I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
- Genesis 24:48 — And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right (אֱמֶ֔ת) way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Genesis 24:49 — And now if ye will deal kindly and truly (וֶֽאֱמֶ֛ת) with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
- Genesis 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth (הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת), which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
- Genesis 42:16 — Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth (הַֽאֱמֶ֖ת) in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
- Genesis 47:29 — And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly (וֶאֱמֶ֔ת) with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
- Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth (אֱמֶ֖ת), hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth (וֶאֱמֶֽת),
- Deuteronomy 13:14 — Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth (אֱמֶת֙), and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- Deuteronomy 17:4 — And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true (אֱמֶת֙), and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
- Deuteronomy 22:20 — But if this thing be true (אֱמֶ֣ת), and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
- Joshua 2:12 — Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true (אֱמֶֽת) token:
- Joshua 2:14 — And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly (וֶאֱמֶֽת) with thee.
- Joshua 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth (וּבֶֽאֱמֶ֑ת): and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
- Judges 9:15 — And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth (בֶּאֱמֶ֣ת) ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
- Judges 9:16 — Now therefore, if ye have done truly (בֶּאֱמֶ֤ת) and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
- Judges 9:19 — If ye then have dealt truly (בֶּאֱמֶ֨ת) and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
- 1 Samuel 12:24 — Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth (בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת) with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
- 2 Samuel 2:6 — And now the LORD shew kindness and truth (וֶאֱמֶ֑ת) unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
- 2 Samuel 7:28 — And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true (אֱמֶ֑ת), and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
- 2 Samuel 15:20 — Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth (וֶאֱמֶֽת) be with thee.
- 1 Kings 2:4 — That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth (בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת) with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 3:6 — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth (בֶּאֱמֶ֧ת), and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 10:6 — And she said to the king, It was a true (אֱמֶת֙) report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
- 1 Kings 17:24 — And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth (אֱמֶֽת).
- 1 Kings 22:16 — And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true (אֱמֶ֖ת) in the name of the LORD?
- 2 Kings 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth (בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙) and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
- 2 Kings 20:19 — Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth (וֶאֱמֶ֖ת) be in my days?
- 2 Chronicles 9:5 — And she said to the king, It was a true (אֱמֶת֙) report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
- 2 Chronicles 15:3 — Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true (אֱמֶ֗ת) God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
- 2 Chronicles 18:15 — And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth (אֱמֶ֖ת) to me in the name of the LORD?
- 2 Chronicles 31:20 — And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth (וְהָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת) before the LORD his God.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 — After these things, and the establishment (וְהָאֱמֶת֙) thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
- Nehemiah 7:2 — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful (אֱמֶ֔ת) man, and feared God above many.
- Nehemiah 9:13 — Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true (אֱמֶ֔ת) laws, good statutes and commandments:
- Nehemiah 9:33 — Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right (אֱמֶ֥ת), but we have done wickedly:
- Esther 9:30 — And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth (וֶאֱמֶֽת),
- Psalms 15:2 — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth (אֱ֝מֶ֗ת) in his heart.
- Psalms 19:9 — The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true (אֱמֶ֑ת) and righteous altogether.
- Psalms 25:5 — Lead me in thy truth (בַאֲמִתֶּ֨ךָ), and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- Psalms 25:10 — All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth (וֶאֱמֶ֑ת) unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Psalms 26:3 — For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth (בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ).
- Psalms 30:9 — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth (אֲמִתֶּֽךָ)?
- Psalms 31:5 — Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth (אֱמֶֽת).
- Psalms 40:10 — I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth (וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗) from the great congregation.
- Psalms 40:11 — Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth (וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗) continually preserve me.
- Psalms 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth (וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ): let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- Psalms 45:4 — And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth (אֱ֭מֶת) and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
- Psalms 51:6 — Behold, thou desirest truth (אֱ֭מֶת) in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Psalms 54:5 — He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth (בַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗).