אֱמוּנָה emunah

Hebrew word for “faithfulness” · Strong’s H530 · used 49 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness

How it is translated

Glosses given for emunah in context, with how often each is used:

• faithfulness 45
• steadiness 2
• faithfulnesses 1
• truth 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 89 (7), Psalms 119 (5), 1 Chronicles 9 (3), 2 Chronicles 31 (3), Proverbs 12 (2), Jeremiah 5 (2), Exodus 17 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 1 Samuel 26 (1), 2 Kings 12 (1)

Forms

• באמונה 10
• אמונה 9
• אמונתך 8
• באמונתם 2
• ואמונתך 2
• באמונתו 2
• ואמונה 2
• לאמונה 2
• אמנתו 1
• באמנה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with emunah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 11
• צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 6
• שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 4
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 4
• יָדַע yada “to know” 5
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 4
• קָהָל qahal “assembly” 3
• דּוֹר dor “generation” 3
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 4
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 3
• פֶּלֶא pele “wonder” 2
• שֹׁעֵר shoer “gatekeeper” 2

Key verses

The verses using emunah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Psalms 37:3 — Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
• Psalms 89:1 — [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
• Psalms 96:13 — Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Psalms 98:3 — He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Psalms 100:5 — For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
• Isaiah 25:1 — O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
• Isaiah 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
• Jeremiah 5:1 — Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that…
• Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive…
• Jeremiah 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know…
• Habakkuk 2:4 — Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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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.