Definition

to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in

Etymology

a primitive root; (compare H982 (בָּטַח))

Word family

• בָּטַח bâṭach

How the KJV renders it

• have hope
• make refuge
• (put) trust

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.