מִבְטָח mivtach
Hebrew word for “confidence” · Strong’s H4009 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) trust, confidence, refuge; 1a) act of confiding; 1b) object of confidence; 1c) state of confidence, security
How it is translated
Glosses given for mivtach in context, with how often each is used:
- trust 9
- confidence 3
- security 2
- objects of confidence 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Job 8 (1), Job 18 (1), Job 31 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 65 (1), Psalms 71 (1), Proverbs 14 (1), Proverbs 21 (1), Proverbs 22 (1), Proverbs 25 (1)
Forms
- מבטחו 4
- מבטח 3
- מבטחי 2
- מבטחה 1
- מבטחך 1
- מבטחים 1
- במבטחיך 1
- מבטחם 1
- למבטח 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mivtach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כֶּסֶל kesel “loin” 2
- גָּבֶר gaver “great man” 2
- עֹז oz “strength” 2
- פָּנָה panah “to turn” 2
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 2
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 2
Key verses
The verses using mivtach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 18:14 — His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
- Job 31:24 — If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- Psalms 40:4 — Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Psalms 65:5 — By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar…
- Psalms 71:5 — For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
- Proverbs 14:26 — In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Proverbs 22:19 — That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
- Isaiah 32:18 — And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
- Jeremiah 2:37 — Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
- Jeremiah 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
- Jeremiah 48:13 — And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
- Ezekiel 29:16 — And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.