אׇמְנָם
ʼomnâm · om-nawm'
verily
Lexicon
Derivation: adverb from H544 (אֹמֶן);
verily
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: indeed, no doubt, surely, (it is, of a) true(-ly, -th).
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אׇמְנָם 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of a truth2 · 22%
- and now it is true1 · 11%
- it is so of a truth1 · 11%
- no doubt1 · 11%
- and be it indeed1 · 11%
- if indeed1 · 11%
- yea, surely1 · 11%
- for truly1 · 11%
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.