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Hebrew

אֱמוּנָה e·mu·nah

“faithfulness” · 49 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

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  • “faithfulness” 22
  • “truth” 6
  • “faithfully” 5
  • “faithful” 3
  • “integrity” 2
  • other ways 11
  • pistis, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 243

In the New Testament it continues as pistis: Romans 1:17 quotes Habakkuk 2:4, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Exodus1
Deuteronomy1
1 Samuel1
2 Kings2
1 Chronicles3
2 Chronicles5
Psalms22
Proverbs3
Isaiah4
Jeremiah4
Lamentations1
Hosea1
Habakkuk1
Matthew8
Mark5
Luke11
Acts15
Romans40
1 Corinthians7
2 Corinthians7
Galatians22
Ephesians8
Philippians5
Colossians5
1 Thessalonians8
2 Thessalonians5
1 Timothy19
2 Timothy8
Titus6
Philemon2
Hebrews32
James16
1 Peter5
2 Peter2
1 John1
Jude2
Revelation4

How the BSB translates it

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

  1. faithfulness22
  2. truth6
  3. faithfully5
  4. faithful3
  5. integrity2
  6. Not translated: the English carries it without a word1
  7. but1
  8. entrusted1
  9. faith1
  10. honestly1
  11. perfect faithfulness1
  12. positions of trust1
  13. 4 other ways4

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.

“faithfulness” 22
  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 32:4 …are just A God of faithfulness without injustice righteous and…
  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 26:23 …for his righteousness and faithfulness For the LORD delivered…
  • Psalms 17

    • 36:5 …reaches to the heavens Your faithfulness to the clouds…
    • 37:3 …the land and cultivate faithfulness
    • 40:10 …heart I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation I have…
    • 88:11 …proclaimed in the grave Your faithfulness in Abaddon…
    • 89:1 …mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations…
    • 89:2 …the heavens You establish Your faithfulness
    • 89:5 …Your wonders O LORD Your faithfulness as well in the…
    • 89:8 …You O mighty LORD Your faithfulness surrounds You…
    • 89:24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will…
    • 89:33 …him nor ever betray My faithfulness
    • 92:2 …devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night…
    • 96:13 …righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness
    • 98:3 …has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of…
    • 100:5 …loving devotion endures forever His faithfulness continues to all generations…
    • 119:75 …Your judgments are righteous and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me…
    • 119:90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations…
    • 143:1 …LORD hear my prayer In Your faithfulness give ear to my…
  • Isaiah 1

    • 11:5 …belt around His hips and faithfulness the sash around His…
  • Lamentations 1

    • 3:23 …new every morning great is Your faithfulness
  • Hosea 1

    • 2:20 …I will betroth you in faithfulness and you will know…
“truth” 6
  • Psalms 1

    • 119:30 …have chosen the way of truth I have set Your…
  • Proverbs 1

    • 12:17 …He who speaks the truth declares what is right…
  • Jeremiah 4

    • 5:1 …justly anyone who seeks the truth then I will forgive…
    • 5:3 …not Your eyes look for truth You struck them but…
    • 7:28 …would not receive correction Truth has perished it has…
    • 9:3 …bows lies prevail over truth in the land For…
“faithfully” 5
  • 2 Chronicles 4

    • 19:9 …saying You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the…
    • 31:15 …Shemaiah Amariah and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their…
    • 31:18 …the whole assembly For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy…
    • 34:12 …men did the work faithfully The Levites overseeing them…
  • Proverbs 1

    • 12:22 …but those who deal faithfully are His delight…
“faithful” 3
  • Psalms 2

    • 119:86 …All Your commandments are faithful I am persecuted without…
    • 119:138 …are righteous and altogether faithful
  • Proverbs 1

    • 28:20 A faithful man will abound with…
“integrity” 2
  • 2 Kings 2

    • 12:15 …workmen because they acted with integrity
    • 22:7 …hands since they work with integrity
“steady” 1
  • Exodus 1

    • 17:12 …that his hands remained steady until the sun went…
“positions of trust” 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

    • 9:22 …seer had appointed them to their positions of trust
“but” 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

    • 9:26 But the four chief gatekeepers…
“entrusted” 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

    • 9:31 …of Shallum the Korahite was entrusted with baking the bread…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 1
“trustworthy” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 33:4 …and all His work is trustworthy
“which you faithfully” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 89:49 …loving devotion of old which You faithfully swore to David…
“perfect faithfulness” 1
  • Isaiah 1

    • 25:1 …plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness
“sure foundation” 1
  • Isaiah 1

    • 33:6 …He will be the sure foundation for your times a…
“honestly” 1
  • Isaiah 1

    • 59:4 …one pleads his case honestly They rely on empty…
“faith” 1
  • Habakkuk 1

    • 2:4 …the righteous will live by faith

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.