אֲמַן
aman · be faithful, trust
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H540 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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aman (אֲמַן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “be faithful, trust”.
To be faithful, trustworthy; also to trust (Aramaic).
How to say it
a·man
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Reliable, deserving belief; loyal.
- To lean on someone with assurance.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he had trusted ×1
- trustworthy ×1
- was faithful ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 2:45
Inasmuch as you saw that from the mountain a stone was cut out, not by hands, and it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, a great Elah has made known to the king what will be after this. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation trustworthy.”
- Daniel 6:4
Then the supervisors and the satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel in regard to the kingdom; but they could find no pretext or fault, because he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found in him.
- Daniel 6:23
Then the king was very glad about it, and he said to bring Daniel up from the den. And Daniel was brought up from the den, and no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his Elah.