batach · trust

What it means

batach (בָּטַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “trust”.

Lean on someone or something and feel secure.

How to say it

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

1. To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
2. To live at ease, without fear or suspicion.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To trust: to lean on someone or something and feel secure. From the same root comes בֶּטַח, “security”.

• “Trust in YHWH and do good” Psalms 37:3Proverbs 3:5
• “In you our fathers trusted” Psalms 22:4
• “In Elohim I trust; I will not fear” Psalms 56:4Psalms 13:5
• “On whom have you trusted”: the Assyrian's speech Isaiah 36:5
• Cursed is the one who trusts in man, blessed the one who trusts in YHWH Jeremiah 17:5Jeremiah 17:7

How we translate it

Forms of “trust”: “trust” 57, “trusted” 31, “trusts” 18, “trusting” 3; and “confident” 6, “secure” 5. In 2 Kings 18 “trust” is kept throughout the chapter, and בִּטָּחוֹן is “confidence” (“What {is} this confidence in which you have trusted?”, 2 Kings 18:19).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• trust ×57
• trusted ×31
• trusts ×18
• confident ×6
• secure ×5
• trusting ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×5
• 2 Kings×9
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Job×4
• Psalms×46
• Proverbs×10
• Isaiah×20
• Jeremiah×16
• Ezekiel×2
• Hosea×1
• Amos×1
• Micah×1
• Habakkuk×1
• Zephaniah×1

• Deuteronomy 28:52

  And it will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trust, in all your land; and it will besiege you in all your gates in all your land, which YHWH your Elohim has given you.

• Judges 9:26

  Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers, and they passed into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem trusted in him.

• Judges 18:7

  So the five men went and came to Laish, and they saw the people who were in it, living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, at rest and secure; and there was no one in the land putting them to shame in anything, no one possessing authority; and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with anyone.

• Judges 18:10

  When you go, you will come to a secure people, and the land is broad, for Elohim has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of any thing that is in the land.”

• Judges 18:27

  And they took what Micah had made, and the priest who had been his, and came upon Laish, upon a people at rest and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and the city they burned with fire.

• Judges 20:36

  So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they trusted in the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.

• 2 Kings 18:5

  In YHWH the Elohim of Israel he trusted; and after him there was not one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

• 2 Kings 18:19

  The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say, please, to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What is this confidence in which you have trusted?

• 2 Kings 18:20

  You have said —only a word of lips— “There is counsel and might for war.” Now, on whom have you trusted, that you have rebelled against me?

• 2 Kings 18:21

  Now, look, you have trusted in the staff of this broken reed, in Egypt, on which a man leans, and it goes into his palm and pierces it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

• 2 Kings 18:22

  And if you say to me, “In YHWH our Elohim we trust,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, “Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem”?

• 2 Kings 18:24

  How then can you turn back the face of one governor, of the least of the servants of my master, while you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

• 2 Kings 18:30

  And do not let Hezekiah make you trust in YHWH, saying, “YHWH will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

• 2 Kings 19:10

  “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Do not let your Elohim in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

• 1 Chronicles 5:20

  And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to Elohim in the battle, and he granted their plea, because they trusted in him.

• 2 Chronicles 32:10

  “Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what are you trusting, that you remain in the siege in Jerusalem?

• Job 6:20

  They were ashamed because they had trusted; they came there and were abashed.

• Job 11:18

  And you will trust, because there is hope; you will search about and lie down in safety.

• Job 39:11

  Will you trust in him because his strength is great, and leave to him your labor?

• Job 40:23

  Look, the river oppresses, and it does not hurry; it is confident though the Jordan bursts out to its mouth.

• Psalms 4:5

  Offer sacrifices of righteousness, and trust in YHWH.

• Psalms 9:10

  And those who know your name will trust in you, for you have not abandoned those who seek you, YHWH.

• Psalms 13:5

  But I in your loyal love have trusted; my heart will be jubilant in your salvation.

• Psalms 21:7

  For the king trusts in YHWH, and through the loyal love of Elyon he will not be moved.

• Psalms 22:4

  In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you brought them to safety.

• Psalms 22:5

  To you they cried out and escaped; in you they trusted and were not ashamed.

• Psalms 22:9

  For you are the one who drew me out of the belly, who made me trust at the breasts of my mother.

• Psalms 25:2

  My Elohim, in you I have trusted; let me not be ashamed; let not my enemies exult over me.

• Psalms 26:1

  Of David. Judge me, YHWH, for I in my integrity have walked, and in YHWH I have trusted; I will not slip.

• Psalms 27:3

  Though a camp encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war rise against me, in this I trust.

• Psalms 28:7

  YHWH is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusted, and I was helped; and my heart leaped for joy, and with my song I will give him thanks.

• Psalms 31:6

  I have hated those who keep vain idols of falsehood, but I in YHWH have trusted.

• Psalms 31:14

  But I in you have trusted, YHWH; I have said, “You are my Elohim.”

• Psalms 32:10

  Many are the pains of the wicked, but the one who trusts in YHWH, loyal love surrounds him.

• Psalms 33:21

  For in him our heart is glad, for in his holy name we have trusted.

• Psalms 37:3

  Trust in YHWH and do good; dwell in the land and feed on faithfulness.

• Psalms 37:5

  Commit to YHWH your way, and trust in him, and he will act.

• Psalms 40:3

  And he put in my mouth a new song, praise to our Elohim; many will see and fear and trust in YHWH.

• Psalms 41:9

  Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has made great against me the heel.

• Psalms 44:6

  For not in my bow do I trust, and my sword does not save me.

And 80 more times.