בָּטַח batach
Hebrew word for “to trust” · Strong’s H982 · used 120 times in 117 verses
Meaning
1) to trust; 1a) (Qal);
How it is translated
Glosses given for batach in context, with how often each is used:
- trust 22
- trusted 13
- trusting 12
- have trusted 8
- rely 5
- one who trusts 5
- secure 4
- confident 4
- will trust 3
- who trusts 3
- those who trust 3
- trusts 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 46 | 2.3 | |
| Isaiah | 20 | 1.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 16 | 0.7 | |
| Proverbs | 10 | 1.4 | |
| 2 Kings | 9 | 0.7 | |
| Judges | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Also in 4 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
2 Kings 18 (7), Isaiah 36 (6), Psalms 115 (4), Judges 18 (3), Psalms 22 (3), Psalms 56 (3), Proverbs 28 (3), Isaiah 32 (3), Jeremiah 7 (3), Psalms 31 (2)
Forms
- בטח 17
- בטחתי 11
- בטחו 10
- בטחת 8
- יבטח 7
- בוטח 7
- הבטחים 6
- תבטחו 6
- אבטח 5
- ויבטחו 4
Words used with it
Words that share verses with batach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 15
- ךָּ ka “you” 13
- חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 8
- לֵב lev “heart” 11
- אַל al “not” 11
- אֲנִי ani “I” 12
- אַשּׁוּר ashshur “Assyria” 7
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 6
- כֹּה koh “thus” 8
- דָּבָר davar “word” 10
- שָׁעַן shaan “to lean” 4
- זֶה zeh “this” 9
Key verses
The verses using batach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 28:7 — The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 37:3 — Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Psalms 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Psalms 125:1 — [A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
- Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- Proverbs 28:1 — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
- Isaiah 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed because he trusteth in thee.
- Isaiah 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;…
- Isaiah 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the…
- Habakkuk 2:18 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to…
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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.