מִבְטָח
mibṭâch · mib-tawkh'
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
Lexicon
Derivation: from H982 (בָּטַח);
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confidence, hope, sure, trust.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the house, what is within › to surround and contain › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the house, what is within that works to surround and contain that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִבְטָח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- confidence2 · 13%
- and whose trust1 · 7%
- his confidence1 · 7%
- thou art my confidence1 · 7%
- his trust1 · 7%
- who art the confidence1 · 7%
- thou art my trust1 · 7%
- of the confidence1 · 7%
- that thy trust1 · 7%
- and in sure1 · 7%
- thy confidences1 · 7%
- and whose hope1 · 7%
- their confidence1 · 7%
- and it shall be no more the confidence1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.