אֱמוּנָה
ʼĕmûwnâh · em-oo-naw'
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of H529 (אֵמוּן);
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
- literally, firmness
- figuratively, security
- morally fidelity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱמוּנָה 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
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy faithfulness5 · 14%
- faithfully4 · 11%
- of truth2 · 5%
- in their set office2 · 5%
- and thy faithfulness2 · 5%
- and his truth2 · 5%
- truth2 · 5%
- were steady1 · 3%
- and his faithfulness1 · 3%
- were in their set office1 · 3%
- had the set office1 · 3%
- things faithfully1 · 3%
- for in their set office1 · 3%
- are done in truth1 · 3%
- and verily1 · 3%
- or thy faithfulness1 · 3%
- like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness1 · 3%
- but my faithfulness1 · 3%
- from him, nor suffer my faithfulness1 · 3%
- in thy truth1 · 3%
- with his truth1 · 3%
- and that thou in faithfulness1 · 3%
- are faithful1 · 3%
- faithful1 · 3%
- in thy faithfulness1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.