reliable, faithful, trusty: persons 1 S 2:35 ; 22:14 Jb 12:20 ψ 89:38 ; 101:6 Pr 25:13 Is
8:2 Ne 13:1
3; a city
Is 1:21
;
האל הנאמן
the faithful God
Dt 7:9
cf.
Is 49:
7;
נֶאֱמַן רוּחַ
faithful in spirit
(disposition)
Pr 11:13
;
לְבָבֹו נֶאֱמָן
his heart faithful
Ne 9:8
;
עֵד אֱמֶת וְנֶאֱמָן
true and faithful witness
Je 42:
5;
נאמנים פצעי אוהב
faithful the wounds of a friend
Pr 27:
6;
c.
אֵת
(
אֶל
)
ψ 78:8
;
עִם
Ho 12:
1;
בְּ
of thing
ψ 78:37
;
בְּכָרל־בֵּיתִי
in all my house
(of Moses)
Nu 12:7
(
E
).
Hiph.
הֶאֱמִין
Gn 45:26
+
(18 times);
Impf.
יַאֲמִין
,
יַאֲמֵן
Jb 15:31
+
(30 times);
Imv.
הַאֲמִינוּ
2 Ch 20:20
+
(2 times);
Pt.
מַאֲמִין
Dt 1:32 Is 28:1
6.
1.
stand firm
Jb 39:24
(
c.
neg. of the horse when the trumpet sounds
Di De MV RV
m; but
neither believeth
R
V,
hardly trusts
Da).
2.
trust, believe:
(
a
)
abs.
Ex 4:31
(
J
)
Is 7:9
;
28:16 Hb 1:5
ψ 116:10
Jb 29:2
4; (
b
) with
ל
of person,
trust to, believe
Gn 45:26
(
E
)
Ex 4:1
,
8
(
J
)
Je 40:14 2 Ch 32:1
5; with God
Dt 9:23 Is 43:1
0;
ל
of thing
Ex 4:8
,
9
(
J
)
ψ 106:24
1 K 10:7 2 Ch 9:6 Is 53:1 Pr 14:1
5; (
c
) with
ב
of person,
trust in, believe in
Ex 19:9
(
J
)
1 S 27:12 2 Ch 20:20 Jb 4:1
8;
15:15 Pr 26:25 Je 12:6 Mi 7:
5; the usual construction with God
Gn 15:6
(
E
)
Ex 14:31 Nu 14:11
(
J
)
20:12
(
P
)
Dt 1:32 2 K 17:14 2 Ch 20:20
ψ 78:22
Jon 3:
5; with
ב
of thing
Dt 28:66 Jb 15:3
1;
24:22
;
39:12
ψ 78:32
;
106:12
;
119:66
; (
d
) with
כִּי
trust or believe that
Ex 4:5
(
J
)
Jb 9:16 La 4:1
2; (
e
) so with
infin.
Jb 15:22
ψ 27:13
(
sq.
ל
); also
trust
to do a thing, almost
=
allow
,
Ju 11:20
.
•
אֹ˜מֶן
S
544
TWOT
116a
GK
590
n.
[
m.
]
faithfulness;
אֱמוּנָה אֹמֶן
perfect faithfulness
(faithfulness, faithfulness)
Is 25:1
.
• אָמֵן S 543 TWOT 116b GK 589 adv. verily, truly Dt 27:15–26 (12 times) 1 K 1:36 Ne 5:13 Je 11: 5; 28:6 & doxologies 1 Ch 16:36 ( = ψ 106:48 ); אָמֵן
(ו)אָמֵן
Nu 5:22
(
P
)
Ne 8:6
, & in the doxologies
ψ 41:14
;
72:19
;
89:53
;
106:48
.
ἀµήν
=
Amen:
אֱלֹהֵי אָמֵן
Is 65:16
(×2) God of Amen
De Che RV
m;
cf.
Rev 3:14
, or
God of faithfulness, God of truth
(
RV
) (perhaps read
אֹמֶן
Che D
i).
• אָמָּן S 542 TWOT 116c GK 588 ( ommān ) n.m. master-workman, artist Ct 7:2
(
Mish. Tal
m.
אוּמָן
,
אוּמָנוּת
handiwork
, Syriac
ܐܽܘܡܳܢ
(
˒umon
)
ã
Ex 28:1
1, where
= Heb.
חָרָשׁ
& is likewise used of gems;
Nab.
אמנא
Vog
94, Assyrian
mar ummâni
,
Lyon
Sargontexte 65
,
cf.
Zim
BP 12;
cf.
II
.
אָמוֹן
)
.
Lyon D. G. Lyon.