אָמַןʼâman
אָמַן: confirm, support
Pronunciation: aw-man' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H539
Meanings
Qal
1. support, nourish (2 Kings 10:1; 2 Kings 10:5; Esther 2:7)
2. foster-father (Numbers 11:12; Isaiah 49:23)
3. foster-mother, nurse (Ruth 4:16; 2 Samuel 4:4)
4. pillars, supporters of the door (2 Kings 18:16)
a. those brought up (Lamentations 4:5)
b. faithful ones (Psalms 12:2; 2 Samuel 20:19; Psalms 31:24)
Niph`al
1. carried by a nurse (Isaiah 60:4)
2. made firm, sure, lasting (Isaiah 22:23; Isaiah 22:25; 1 Chronicles 17:24)
3. confirmed, established, sure (2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Samuel 25:28)
4. verified, confirmed (1 Kings 8:26; 2 Chronicles 1:9; 2 Chronicles 6:17)
5. reliable, faithful, trusty (1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Samuel 22:14; Job 12:20)
Hiph`il
1. stand firm (Job 39:24)
2. trust, believe
b trust to, believe (Genesis 45:26; Exodus 4:1; Exodus 4:8)
c trust in, believe in (Exodus 19:9; 1 Samuel 27:12; 2 Chronicles 20:20)
d trust or believe that (Exodus 4:5; Job 9:16; Lamentations 4:12)
e trust, allow (Job 15:22; Psalms 27:13; Judges 11:20)
: Haph`el: trusty, trustworthy (Daniel 6:24; Daniel 6:5; Daniel 2:45)
Same root
- אָמַןʼâman · H541to take the right hand road
- אָמוֹןʼâmôwn · H525skilled, i.e. an architect
- אֵמוּןʼêmûwn · H529established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
- אֲמַןʼăman · H540{properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain};
- אָמָןʼâmân · H542an expert
- אָמֵןʼâmên · H543sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly
- אֹמֶןʼômen · H544verity
- אַמְנוֹןʼAmnôwn · H550Amnon (or Aminon), a son of David
Where it appears
Appears 105 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:6 And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.
- Genesis 42:20 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die.” To this they agreed.
- Genesis 45:26 “Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he couldn’t believe it.
- Exodus 4:1 But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
- Exodus 4:5 “Perform this sign,” the Lord told him. “Then they will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.”
- Exodus 4:8 The Lord said to Moses, “If they do not believe you and are not convinced by the first miraculous sign, they will be convinced by the second sign.
See every passage
- Genesis 15:6, 42:20, 45:26
- Exodus 4:1, 4:5, 4:8, 4:9, 4:31, 14:31, 19:9
- Numbers 11:12, 12:7, 14:11, 20:12
- Deuteronomy 1:32, 7:9, 9:23, 28:59, 28:66
- Judges 11:20
- Ruth 4:16
- 1 Samuel 2:35, 3:20, 22:14, 25:28, 27:12
- 2 Samuel 4:4, 7:16
- 1 Kings 8:26, 10:7, 11:38
- 2 Kings 10:1, 10:5, 17:14
- 1 Chronicles 17:23, 17:24
- 2 Chronicles 1:9, 6:17, 9:6, 20:20, 32:15
- Nehemiah 9:8, 13:13
- Esther 2:7
- Job 4:18, 9:16, 12:20, 15:15, 15:22, 15:31, 24:22, 29:24, 39:12, 39:24
- Psalms 19:7, 27:13, 78:8, 78:22, 78:32, 78:37, 89:28, 89:37, 93:5, 101:6, 106:12, 106:24, 111:7, 116:10, 119:66
- Proverbs 11:13, 14:15, 25:13, 26:25, 27:6
- Isaiah 1:21, 1:26, 7:9, 8:2, 22:23, 22:25, 28:16, 33:16, 43:10, 49:7, 49:23, 53:1, 55:3, 60:4
- Jeremiah 12:6, 15:18, 40:14, 42:5
- Lamentations 4:5, 4:12
- Hosea 5:9, 11:12
- Jonah 3:5
- Micah 7:5
- Habakkuk 1:5
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).