Batach — To Trust
The trust of Proverbs 3:5 — 'Trust in the LORD with all thine heart' — implying full-weight reliance, like leaning on something solid.
Pronunciation: baw-takh'
Hebrew · Strong's H982 · 117 occurrences in the Old Testament (KJV)
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV translations: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Batach in the Bible — example verses
“And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.”Deuteronomy 28:52 (KJV)
“And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.”Judges 9:26 (KJV)
“Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.”Judges 18:7 (KJV)
“When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.”Judges 18:10 (KJV)
“And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.”Judges 18:27 (KJV)
“So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.”Judges 20:36 (KJV)
“He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.”2 Kings 18:5 (KJV)
“And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?”2 Kings 18:19 (KJV)
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