Modern Summary of Strong’s Concordance (1890)
The word "אָמַן (âman)" primarily means to build up, support, or nurture, similar to how a parent or nurse cares for someone. Figuratively, it refers to being firm, faithful, trustworthy, or believing in something. It can also imply permanence, certainty, or moral truth, and is associated with ideas like assurance, steadfastness, and reliability.
to believe; to trust, to have confidence in
Etymologically, âman traces to a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with (אָמַן), to go to the right hand). In the King James Version, this word is translated as hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, and stedfast.
Its Greek parallels include πιστεύω (pisteyō), πιστός (pistos), revealing shared conceptual ground across the biblical languages.
The semantic range of âman — spanning meanings like hence, assurance, believe — suggests a word whose full significance cannot be captured by a single English term.
Lexical data derived from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. See full disclaimer
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πιστεύω
pisteyō
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
πιστός
pistos
objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful
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