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Hebrew

אֱמֶת e·met

“truth” · 127 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 6 timesExodus: 2 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: 3 timesJoshua: 3 timesJudges: 3 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: once2 Samuel: 3 times1 Kings: 5 times2 Kings: 2 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 5 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 3 timesEsther: onceJob: 0 timesPsalms: 37 timesProverbs: 12 timesEcclesiastes: onceSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 12 timesJeremiah: 11 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 2 timesDaniel: 6 timesHosea: onceJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: onceNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 6 timesMalachi: onceMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “truth” 36
  • “faithfulness” 35
  • “true” 19
  • “faithfully” 10
  • “faithful” 3
  • other ways 24
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis6
Exodus2
Deuteronomy3
Joshua3
Judges3
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel3
1 Kings5
2 Kings2
2 Chronicles5
Nehemiah3
Esther1
Psalms37
Proverbs12
Ecclesiastes1
Isaiah12
Jeremiah11
Ezekiel2
Daniel6
Hosea1
Micah1
Zechariah6
Malachi1

How the BSB translates it

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

  1. truth36
  2. faithfulness35
  3. true19
  4. faithfully10
  5. faithful3
  6. truly3
  7. security2
  8. sure2
  9. truthful2
  10. both truth1
  11. david1
  12. established with certainty1
  13. 12 other ways12
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • faithful 66
  • true 50
  • certain 11

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

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

“truth” 36

  • Genesis 1

    • 42:16 …you will be confined so that the truth of your words may…

  • Joshua 1

    • 24:14 …serve Him in sincerity and truth cast aside the gods…

  • 1 Kings 2

    • 17:24 …LORD from your mouth is truth
    • 22:16 …tell me anything but the truth in the name of…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 18:15 …tell me anything but the truth in the name of…

  • Esther 1

    • 9:30 …with words of peace and truth to all the Jews…

  • Psalms 14

    • 15:2 …practices righteousness who speaks the truth from his heart…
    • 25:5 …Guide me in Your truth and teach me for…
    • 26:3 …and I have walked in Your truth
    • 31:5 …me O LORD God of truth
    • 43:3 …Send out Your light and Your truth let them lead me…
    • 45:4 …in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice…
    • 51:6 …Surely You desire truth in the inmost being…
    • 57:3 …forth His loving devotion and His truth
    • 86:11 …that I may walk in Your truth Give me an undivided…
    • 111:7 …works of His hands are truth and justice all His…
    • 111:8 …forever and ever enacted in truth and uprightness…
    • 119:43 …Never take Your word of truth from my mouth for…
    • 119:160 …entirety of Your word is truth and all Your righteous…
    • 145:18 …call out to Him in truth

  • Proverbs 2

    • 8:7 …my mouth will speak the truth and wickedness is detestable…
    • 23:23 …Invest in truth and never sell it…

  • Ecclesiastes 1

    • 12:10 …to record accurate words of truth

  • Isaiah 3

    • 48:1 …of Israel but not in truth or righteousness…
    • 59:14 …at a distance For truth has stumbled in the…
    • 59:15 Truth is missing and whoever…

  • Jeremiah 3

    • 4:2 …as the LORD lives in truth in justice and in…
    • 9:5 …friend no one tells the truth They have taught their…
    • 33:6 …the abundance of peace and truth

  • Daniel 4

    • 8:12 …horn and it flung truth to the ground and…
    • 9:13 …iniquities and giving attention to Your truth
    • 10:21 …inscribed in the Book of Truth Yet no one has…
    • 11:2 …I will tell you the truth Three more kings will…

  • Hosea 1

    • 4:1 …land There is no truth no loving devotion and…

  • Zechariah 2

    • 8:3 …be called the City of Truth and the mountain of…
    • 8:16 …you must do Speak truth to one another render…
“faithfulness” 35

  • Genesis 4

    • 24:27 …not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master As…
    • 24:49 …you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master tell…
    • 32:10 …of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your…
    • 47:29 …to show me kindness and faithfulness Do not bury me…

  • Exodus 1

    • 34:6 …abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness

  • Joshua 1

    • 2:14 …will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives…

  • 2 Samuel 2

    • 2:6 …show you loving devotion and faithfulness and I will also…
    • 15:20 …show you loving devotion and faithfulness

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 3:6 …he walked before You in faithfulness righteousness and uprightness of…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 32:1 …After all these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria…

  • Psalms 16

    • 30:9 …You Will it proclaim Your faithfulness
    • 40:10 …concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly…
    • 40:11 …me Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me…
    • 54:5 …my enemies with evil In Your faithfulness destroy them…
    • 57:10 …to the heavens and Your faithfulness to the clouds…
    • 61:7 …appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him…
    • 71:22 …You with the harp for Your faithfulness O my God I…
    • 85:10 …Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together righteousness…
    • 85:11 Faithfulness sprouts from the earth…
    • 86:15 …abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness
    • 89:14 …Your throne loving devotion and faithfulness go before You…
    • 91:4 …you will find refuge His faithfulness is a shield and…
    • 108:4 …extends beyond the heavens and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds…
    • 115:1 …Your loving devotion because of Your faithfulness
    • 117:2 …loving devotion toward us and the faithfulness of the LORD endures…
    • 138:2 …Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness You have exalted Your…

  • Proverbs 4

    • 3:3 …Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you bind them…
    • 14:22 …goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness
    • 16:6 …By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for…
    • 20:28 …Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king by…

  • Isaiah 4

    • 16:5 …will sit on it in faithfulness
    • 38:18 …Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness
    • 38:19 …tell their children about Your faithfulness
    • 61:8 …hate robbery and iniquity in My faithfulness I will give them…

  • Micah 1

    • 7:20 …You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving…
“true” 19

  • Deuteronomy 2

    • 17:4 …If the report is true and such an abomination…
    • 22:20 …however this accusation is true and no proof of…

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 7:28 …God Your words are true and You have promised…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 10:6 …words and wisdom is true

  • 2 Chronicles 3

    • 9:5 …your words and wisdom is true
    • 15:3 …Israel has been without the true God without a priest…
    • 31:20 …was good and upright and true before the LORD his…

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 9:13 …gave them just ordinances true laws and good statutes…

  • Psalms 3

    • 19:9 …judgments of the LORD are true being altogether righteous…
    • 119:142 …everlasting and Your law is true
    • 119:151 …and all Your commandments are true

  • Isaiah 1

    • 43:9 …may hear and say It is true

  • Jeremiah 2

    • 10:10 …But the LORD is the true God He is the…
    • 42:5 …May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against…

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 18:8 …from iniquity and executes true justice between men…

  • Daniel 2

    • 8:26 …that has been spoken is true Now you must seal…
    • 10:1 …called Belteshazzar The message was true and it concerned a…

  • Zechariah 1

    • 7:9 …of Hosts says Administer true justice Show loving devotion…

  • Malachi 1

    • 2:6 True instruction was in his…
“faithfully” 10

  • Judges 2

    • 9:16 …if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making…
    • 9:19 …if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal…

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 12:24 …LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 2:4 …take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all…

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 20:3 …have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion…

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 9:33 …because You have acted faithfully while we have acted…

  • Isaiah 2

    • 38:3 …have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion…
    • 42:3 …He will not extinguish He will faithfully bring forth justice…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 32:41 …in doing them good and I will faithfully plant them in this…

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 18:9 …He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances That…
“faithful” 3

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 7:2 …the fortress because he was a faithful man who feared God…

  • Psalms 1

    • 146:6 …in them He remains faithful forever…

  • Zechariah 1

    • 8:8 …I will be their faithful and righteous God…
“truly” 3

  • Isaiah 1

    • 10:20 …him who struck them but they will truly rely on the LORD…

  • Jeremiah 2

    • 26:15 …upon its residents for truly the LORD has sent…
    • 28:9 …as one the LORD has truly sent…
“sure” 2

  • Joshua 1

    • 2:12 …to you Give me a sure sign…

  • Psalms 1

    • 69:13 …O God answer me with Your sure salvation…
“security” 2

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 20:19 …at least be peace and security in my lifetime…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 39:8 …there will be peace and security in my lifetime…
“truthful” 2

  • Proverbs 2

    • 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever but…
    • 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives but…
“right” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 24:48 …Abraham who led me on the right road to take the…
“trustworthy men” 1

  • Exodus 1

    • 18:21 …the people God fearing trustworthy men who are averse to…
“established with certainty” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 13:14 …interrogate thoroughly And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has…
“really” 1

  • Judges 1

    • 9:15 …thornbush replied If you really are anointing me as…
“loving and faithful” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 25:10 …All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep…
“david” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 132:11 …LORD swore an oath to David a promise He will…
“reaps a true” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 11:18 …he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward…
“reliable” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 22:21 …to show you true and reliable words that you may…
“soundly” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 22:21 …words that you may soundly answer those who sent…
“fairness” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 29:14 …who judges the poor with fairness his throne will be…
“very best” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 2:21 …like a choice vine from the very best seed How could you…
“lasting” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 14:13 …I will give you lasting peace in this place…
“truthfully” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 23:28 …My word speak it truthfully For what is straw…
“render true” 1

  • Zechariah 1

    • 8:16 …truth to one another render true and sound judgments in…
“both truth” 1

  • Zechariah 1

    • 8:19 …you are to love both truth and peace…

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.