בָּטַח
bâṭach · baw-takh'
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620 (חָסָה));
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Letters
- 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)
the house, what is within › to surround and contain › to separate and protect
The house, what is within that works to surround and contain that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּטַח 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
120 occurrences · 120 OT · 0 NT · 91 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- trust11 · 20%
- that trusteth4 · 7%
- and trust4 · 7%
- in whom thou trustest2 · 4%
- is this wherein thou trustest2 · 4%
- and put thy trust2 · 4%
- trusteth2 · 4%
- and secure2 · 4%
- he that trusteth2 · 4%
- trusted2 · 4%
- now on whom dost thou trust2 · 4%
- they that trust2 · 4%
- i will trust2 · 4%
- than to put confidence2 · 4%
- make you trust2 · 4%
- i trust2 · 4%
- of them; because they put their trust1 · 2%
- unto me, we trust1 · 2%
- now, behold, thou trustest1 · 2%
- he trusted1 · 2%
- because they trusted1 · 2%
- unto all that trust1 · 2%
- secure1 · 2%
- put their confidence1 · 2%
- thou trustedst1 · 2%
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.