Strong’s H540 · Hebrew

אֲמַן
ʼăman
am-an'

Definition

{properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain};

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H539 (אָמַן)

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • believe
  • faithful
  • sure

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.