# H539 אָמַן

אָמַן (ʼâman), Strong’s H539: 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… KJV: hence…

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*ʼâman* — 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…

KJV: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long…

Occurs 108 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אָמַן] vb. confirm, support
- Qal
- 1 as vb. support, nourish
- 2 as subst. foster-father
- 3 foster-mother, nurse
- 4 pillars, supporters of the door
- Niph.
- 1 carried by nurse
- 2 made firm, sure, lasting
- 3 confirmed, established, sure
- 4 verified, confirmed
- 5 reliable, faithful, trusty
- Hiph.
- 1 stand firm
- 2 trust, believe

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 15:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=6) — He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
- [Genesis 42:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=20) — Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
- [Genesis 45:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=26) — They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he…
- [Exodus 4:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=1) — Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘The LORD has not…
- [Exodus 4:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=5) — “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and…
- [Exodus 4:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=8) — “It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the…
- [Exodus 4:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=9) — It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water…
- [Exodus 4:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=31) — The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their…
- [Exodus 14:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=31) — Israel saw the great work which the LORD did to the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the…
- [Exodus 19:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=9) — The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and…