בִּטָּחוֹןbiṭṭâchôwn
trust, hope (2 Kings 18:19; Isaiah 36:4; Ecclesiastes 9:4)
Pronunciation: bit-taw-khone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H986
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 18:19 Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 There is hope only for the living. As they say, “It’s better to be a live dog than a dead lion!”
- Isaiah 36:4 Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
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).