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אֶמֶת: emet (H571), a Hebrew word meaning "stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness"

emet

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Plain-Language Summary

emet is a Hebrew word meaning "stability", encompassing ideas like assured, establishment, faithful, right.

truth; reliability, faithfulness (emet)

assuredestablishmentfaithfulrightsuretrueverity.

The Hebrew word emet means "truth; reliability, faithfulness (emet)," encompassing related ideas including assured, establishment, faithful, right.

Secondary Meanings
  • trustworthiness, what can be counted on
  • genuineness, reality as opposed to falsehood
Rare / Figurative Uses
  • an established fact or sure word

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How emet pairs with its counterpart across the Testaments.

emetpistisGreek — persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospe
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emetemunahHebrew — literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
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Words that share the same theological orbit.

אֱמוּנָהemunah
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אֶמֶת

Pronunciationemet

H571

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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