Emet — Truth
Built on the root of 'amen' — truth as firmness you can stand on: 'thy word is true from the beginning.'
Pronunciation: eh'-meth
Hebrew · Strong's H571 · 125 occurrences in the Old Testament (KJV)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV translations: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Emet in the Bible — example verses
“And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.”Genesis 24:27 (KJV)
“And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.”Genesis 24:48 (KJV)
“And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”Genesis 24:49 (KJV)
“I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.”Genesis 32:10 (KJV)
“Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.”Genesis 42:16 (KJV)
“And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:”Genesis 47:29 (KJV)
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”Exodus 18:21 (KJV)
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,”Exodus 34:6 (KJV)
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