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אָמַן a·man

“be faithful” · 106 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 3 timesExodus: 8 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 4 timesDeuteronomy: 6 timesJoshua: 0 timesJudges: onceRuth: once1 Samuel: 6 times2 Samuel: 2 times1 Kings: 3 times2 Kings: 3 times1 Chronicles: 2 times2 Chronicles: 7 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 2 timesEsther: onceJob: 10 timesPsalms: 16 timesProverbs: 5 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 15 timesJeremiah: 4 timesLamentations: 2 timesEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 2 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: onceMicah: onceNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: onceZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 11 timesMark: 14 timesLuke: 9 timesJohn: 98 timesActs: 37 timesRomans: 21 times1 Corinthians: 9 times2 Corinthians: 2 timesGalatians: 4 timesEphesians: 2 timesPhilippians: onceColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 5 times2 Thessalonians: 4 times1 Timothy: 3 times2 Timothy: onceTitus: 2 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 2 timesJames: 3 times1 Peter: 3 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 9 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: onceRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “believe” 23
  • “faithful” 13
  • “trust” 9
  • “believed” 8
  • “trustworthy” 6
  • other ways 47
  • pisteuō, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 241

In the New Testament it continues as pisteuō: Romans 4:3 quotes Genesis 15:6, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis3
Exodus8
Numbers4
Deuteronomy6
Judges1
Ruth1
1 Samuel6
2 Samuel2
1 Kings3
2 Kings3
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles7
Nehemiah2
Esther1
Job10
Psalms16
Proverbs5
Isaiah15
Jeremiah4
Lamentations2
Hosea2
Jonah1
Micah1
Habakkuk1
Matthew11
Mark14
Luke9
John98
Acts37
Romans21
1 Corinthians9
2 Corinthians2
Galatians4
Ephesians2
Philippians1
1 Thessalonians5
2 Thessalonians4
1 Timothy3
2 Timothy1
Titus2
Hebrews2
James3
1 Peter3
1 John9
Jude1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. believe23
  2. faithful13
  3. trust9
  4. believed8
  5. trustworthy6
  6. confirmed3
  7. lasting3
  8. nurse3
  9. brought up2
  10. established2
  11. firm2
  12. Not matched to an English word1
  13. 31 other ways31

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“believe” 23

  • Genesis 1

    • 45:26 …for he did not believe them…

  • Exodus 5

    • 4:1 …if they do not believe me or listen to…
    • 4:5 …This is so that they may believe that the LORD the…
    • 4:8 …said If they refuse to believe you or heed the…
    • 4:8 …of the first sign they may believe that of the second…
    • 4:9 …if they do not believe even these two signs…

  • Numbers 1

    • 14:11 …long will they refuse to believe in Me despite all…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 10:7 …But I did not believe these things until I…

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 17:14 …fathers who did not believe the LORD their God…

  • 2 Chronicles 4

    • 9:6 …But I did not believe the reports until I…
    • 20:20 …of Judah and Jerusalem Believe in the LORD your…
    • 20:20 …you will be upheld believe in His prophets and…
    • 32:15 …like this Do not believe him for no god…

  • Job 1

    • 9:16 …me I do not believe He would listen to…

  • Psalms 4

    • 78:22 …because they did not believe God or rely on…
    • 78:32 …works they did not believe
    • 106:24 …land they did not believe His promise…
    • 119:66 …judgment and knowledge for I believe in Your commandments…

  • Proverbs 1

    • 26:25 …speaks graciously do not believe him for seven abominations…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 43:10 …that you may consider and believe Me and understand that…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 40:14 …of Ahikam did not believe them…

  • Lamentations 1

    • 4:12 …the earth did not believe nor any people of…

  • Habakkuk 1

    • 1:5 …that you would never believe even if someone told…
“faithful” 13

  • Numbers 1

    • 12:7 …My servant Moses he is faithful in all My house…

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 7:9 …your God is God the faithful God who keeps His…

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 2:35 …raise up for Myself a faithful priest He will do…

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 9:8 …You found his heart faithful before You and made…

  • Psalms 3

    • 78:8 …whose spirit was not faithful to God…
    • 89:37 …the moon established forever a faithful witness in the sky…
    • 101:6 …My eyes favor the faithful of the land that…

  • Proverbs 1

    • 27:6 …wounds of a friend are faithful but the kisses of…

  • Isaiah 3

    • 1:21 …See how the faithful city has become a…
    • 1:26 …the City of Righteousness the Faithful City…
    • 49:7 …of the LORD who is faithful the Holy One of…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 42:5 …LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if…

  • Hosea 1

    • 11:12 …still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One…
“trust” 9

  • Numbers 1

    • 20:12 …Because you did not trust Me to show My…

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 1:32 …this you did not trust the LORD your God…

  • Judges 1

    • 11:20 …But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through…

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 27:12 …So Achish trusted David thinking Since he…

  • Job 4

    • 4:18 …If God puts no trust in His servants and…
    • 12:20 …He deprives the trusted of speech and takes…
    • 15:15 …If God puts no trust in His holy ones…
    • 15:31 …him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness for emptiness…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 12:6 …against you Do not trust them though they speak…
“believed” 8

  • Exodus 2

    • 4:31 …and they believed And when they heard…
    • 14:31 …people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in…

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 9:23 …your God You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him…

  • Psalms 2

    • 106:12 Then they believed His promises and sang…
    • 116:10 I believed therefore I said I…

  • Proverbs 1

    • 14:15 …The simple man believes every word but the…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 53:1 …Who has believed our message And to…

  • Jonah 1

    • 3:5 …And the Ninevites believed God They proclaimed a…
“trustworthy” 6

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 13:13 …because they were considered trustworthy They were responsible for…

  • Psalms 2

    • 19:7 …testimony of the LORD is trustworthy making wise the simple…
    • 111:7 …justice all His precepts are trustworthy

  • Proverbs 2

    • 11:13 …gossip reveals a secret but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence…
    • 25:13 …the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 8:2 …will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses Uriah the priest…
“nurse” 3

  • Numbers 1

    • 11:12 …in your bosom as a nurse carries an infant to…

  • Ruth 1

    • 4:16 …her lap and became a nurse to him…

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 4:4 …Jonathan came from Jezreel His nurse picked him up and…
“lasting” 3

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 28:59 …descendants extraordinary disasters severe and lasting plagues and terrible and…

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 25:28 …LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 11:38 …I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I…
“confirmed” 3

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 3:20 …Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 8:26 …God of Israel please confirm what You promised to…

  • Psalms 1

    • 93:5 …Your testimonies are fully confirmed holiness adorns Your house…
“established” 2

  • 1 Chronicles 2

    • 17:23 …servant and his house be established forever Do as You…
    • 17:24 …so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when…
“brought up” 2

  • Esther 1

    • 2:7 …And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah that is Esther…

  • Lamentations 1

    • 4:5 …destitute in the streets those brought up in crimson huddle in…
“firm” 2

  • Isaiah 2

    • 22:23 …him like a peg into a firm place and he will…
    • 22:25 …Hosts the peg driven into a firm place will give way…
“abram believed” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 15:6 Abram believed the LORD and it…
“can be verified” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 42:20 …so that your words can be verified that you may not…
“put their trust” 1

  • Exodus 1

    • 19:9 …and they will always put their trust in you And Moses…
“chronic” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 28:59 …lasting plagues and terrible and chronic sicknesses…
“certain” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 28:66 …night and day never certain of survival…
“enduring” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 2:35 …will build for him an enduring house and he will…
“as faithful” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 22:14 …among all your servants is as faithful as David the king’s…
“endure” 1

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 7:16 …Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me and…
“guardians of the sons” 1

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 10:1 …the elders and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab saying…
“guardians” 1

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 10:5 …the city the elders and the guardians sent a message to…
“fulfilled” 1

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 1:9 …to my father David be fulfilled For You have made…
“please confirm” 1

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 6:17 …LORD God of Israel please confirm what You promised to…
“upheld” 1

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 20:20 …the LORD your God and you will be upheld believe in His prophets…
“despairs of” 1

  • Job 1

    • 15:22 He despairs of his return from darkness…
“assurance” 1

  • Job 1

    • 24:22 …up they have no assurance of life…
“believe it” 1

  • Job 1

    • 29:24 …them they did not believe it the light of my…
“can you trust” 1

  • Job 1

    • 39:12 Can you trust him to bring in…
“stand still” 1

  • Job 1

    • 39:24 …the distance he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn…
“am certain” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 27:13 …Still I am certain to see the goodness…
“unfaithful” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 78:37 …were disloyal to Him and they were unfaithful to His covenant…
“stand fast” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 89:28 …My covenant with him will stand fast
Not matched to an English word 1
“stand firm in your faith” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 7:9 …If you do not stand firm in your faith then you will not…
“stand at all” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 7:9 …then you will not stand at all
“one who believes” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 28:16 …cornerstone a sure foundation the one who believes will never be shaken…
“assured” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 33:16 …provided and his water assured
“foster fathers” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 49:23 …Kings will be your foster fathers and their queens your…
“promised” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 55:3 …covenant My loving devotion promised to David…
“carried” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 60:4 …afar and your daughters will be carried on the arm…
“there” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 15:18 …water that is not there
“what is certain” 1

  • Hosea 1

    • 5:9 …of Israel I proclaim what is certain
“rely” 1

  • Micah 1

    • 7:5 …Do not rely on a friend do…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.