אֹמְנָהʼômᵉnâh
confirm, support
Pronunciation: om-me-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H547
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)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 18:16 Hezekiah even stripped the gold from the doors of the Lord’s Temple and from the doorposts he had overlaid with gold, and he gave it all to the Assyrian king.
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).