בִּטָּחוֹן
bitachon · confidence
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H986 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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bitachon (בִּטָּחוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “confidence”.
That on which one leans to feel secure. In 2 Kings 18:19 the envoy of the king of Assyria asks Hezekiah what confidence he leans on. It comes from the verb "trust."
How to say it
bi·ta·chon
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
- What one leans on to feel safe.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 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?
- Ecclesiastes 9:4
For whoever is joined to all the living has confidence, for a living dog is better than the dead lion.
- Isaiah 36:4
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?