אֵמוּןʼêmûwn

trusting, faithfulness

Pronunciation: ay-moon' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H529

Meanings

1. children in whom there is no trusting (Deuteronomy 32:20)

2. faithfulness (Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 20:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 32:20 He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity.
  • 2 Samuel 20:19 I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying an important town in Israel. Why do you want to devour what belongs to the Lord?”
  • Psalms 12:1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
  • Psalms 31:23 Love the Lord, all you godly ones! For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
  • Proverbs 13:17 An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a reliable messenger brings healing.
  • Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not lie; a false witness breathes lies.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).