Lexical Definition

‎אֱמוּנָה‎ ʼĕmûwnâh (em-oo-naw') faithfulness ^H:N-F
or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה ʼĕmunâh (em-oo-naw'); feminine of ‎אֵמוּן‎

faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.

• literally firmness
• figuratively security
• morally fidelity

1) firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness

See Greek: ἀλήθεια · ἀληθινός · πίστις · στηρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱמוּנָה‎ noun feminine firmness, steadfastness, fidelity Exod 17:12 + 46 t.; ‎אֱמוּנוֺת‎ Prov 28:20.

1. literally firmness, steadiness: Exod 17:12 ‎׳‎‎וַיְהִי יָדָיו א‎ his hands were steadiness (i.e. steady). 2. stead-fastness, ‎אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ‎ steadfastness of thy times Isa 33:6. 3. faithfulness, trust:
a. of human conduct Ps 37:3; Prov 12:22; Jer 5:3; Jer 7:28; Jer 9:2*; 2Kgs 12:16* in office 2Kgs 22:7; 2Kgs 2:9; 2Kgs 31:12; 2Kgs 34:12 (‎על‎) ‎בֶּאֱמוּנָה‎ in trust (over) 1Chr 9:22; 1Chr 9:26; 1Chr 9:31; 2Chr 31:15; 2Chr 31:18 ‎׳‎‎דֶּרֶח א‎ Ps 119:30 ‎אִישׁ אֱמוּנוֺת‎ man of great faithfulness Prov 28:20 associated with ‎צֶדֶק‎ in human character ‎יַגִּיד צֶדֶק‎ ‎׳‎‎יָפִיחַ א‎ who breatheth out faithfulness sheweth forth righteousness Prov 12:17 compare1 Sam Prov 26:23; Isa 59:4; Jer 5:1 ‎צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֺ יִחְיֶה‎ a righteous man by his faithfulness liveth Hab 2:4 (> faith Luth AV RV). b. as a divine attribute Ps 88:12*; Ps 89:2*; Ps 89:3*; Ps 89:6*; Ps 89:9*; Isa 25:1; Hos 2:22*; Lam 3:21 ‎אֵל אֱמוּנָה‎ Deut 32:4 his faithfulness is shewn in his works Ps 33:4 commands Ps 119:86 in affliction Ps 119:75 in his oath to David Ps 89:50*. it reacheth unto the skies Ps 36:6* unto all generations Ps 100:5; Ps 119:90 he will not belie it Ps 89:34*. It is ‎אֱמוּנָה אֹמֶן‎ Isa 25:1 compare ‎אֱמוּנָה מְאֹד‎ Ps 119:138. It is closely associated with the divine ‎חֶסֶד‎ mercy Ps 89:25*; Ps 92:3*; Ps 98:3; Hos 2:22* with the divine ‎צדֶק‎, ‎צְדָקָה‎ Ps 96:13; Ps 143:1; Isa 11:5 & salvation Ps 40:11*.

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