אֶמֶת
ʼemeth · eh'-meth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H539 (אָמַן);
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- stability
- (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶמֶת 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
127 occurrences · 127 OT · 0 NT · 59 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and truth17 · 20%
- of truth12 · 14%
- the truth7 · 8%
- in truth6 · 7%
- and thy truth5 · 6%
- truth4 · 5%
- in thy truth3 · 4%
- and truly3 · 4%
- truly3 · 4%
- thy truth3 · 4%
- thee in truth3 · 4%
- it was a true2 · 2%
- be true2 · 2%
- is true2 · 2%
- true2 · 2%
- and his truth2 · 2%
- him in truth1 · 1%
- if in truth1 · 1%
- me a true1 · 1%
- and, behold, it be true1 · 1%
- and, behold, if it be truth1 · 1%
- and in truth1 · 1%
- whether there be any truth1 · 1%
- and of all the truth1 · 1%
- in the right1 · 1%
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.