Quick Definition
to trust
Strong's Definition
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620 (חָסָה));
KJV Usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
TWOT Reference: 233
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּטַח (ba.tach) — to trust. 1) to trust 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to trust, trust in 1a2) to have confidence, be confident 1a3) to be bold 1a4) to be secure 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to trust, make secure 2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · בטח
verb · בָּטוּחַ · בֶּטַח · בִּטְחָה · בִּטָּחֹון · בַּטֻּחֹות · מִבְטָח
Confident | verb qal | ≈ שַׁאֲנָן · שׁכב לָבֶטַח · שׁקט | ≠ חפז · ירא · פחד
to be confident, to be unsuspecting, to be secure = state in which humans live with confidence and without fear; ≈ often regarded as carelessness, especially when there is no mention of trust in YHWH
JDG 18:7 · JDG 18:10 · JDG 18:27 · JOB 6:20 · JOB 11:18 · JOB 40:23 · PRO 11:15 · PRO 14:16 · PRO 28:1 · ISA 12:2 · ISA 32:9 · ISA 32:10 · ISA 32:11 · JER 12:5 · JER 12:5 · AMO 6:1
Confident | verb qal | ≈ אמן · גלל · מָגֵן · מַחְסֶה · מְצוּדָה · עֹז · עֶזְרָה · שׁעה · שׁען | ≠ בושׁ · ירא · מוט · מעד · עזב
to trust, to rely, to depend = state in which humans have confidence in someone or something else and show that by their actions; ≈ usually regarded as negative when the object is human, always positive when the object is YHWH
DEU 28:52 · JDG 9:26 · JDG 20:36 · 2KI 18:5 · 2KI 18:19 · 2KI 18:20 · 2KI 18:21 · 2KI 18:21 · 2KI 18:22 · 2KI 18:24 · 2KI 19:10 · 1CH 5:20 · 2CH 32:10 · JOB 39:11 · PSA 4:6 · PSA 9:11 · PSA 13:6 · PSA 21:8 · PSA 22:5 · PSA 22:5 · PSA 22:6 · PSA 25:2 · PSA 26:1 · PSA 27:3 · PSA 28:7 · PSA 31:7 · PSA 31:15 · PSA 32:10 · PSA 33:21 · PSA 37:3 · PSA 37:5 · PSA 40:4 · PSA 41:10 · PSA 44:7 · PSA 49:7 · PSA 52:9 · PSA 52:10 · PSA 55:24 · PSA 56:4 · PSA 56:5 · PSA 56:12 · PSA 62:9 · PSA 62:11 · PSA 78:22 · PSA 84:13 · PSA 86:2 · PSA 91:2 · PSA 115:8 · PSA 115:9 · PSA 115:10 · PSA 115:11 · PSA 118:8 · PSA 118:9 · PSA 119:42 · PSA 125:1 · PSA 135:18 · PSA 143:8 · PSA 146:3 · PRO 3:5 · PRO 11:28 · PRO 16:20 · PRO 28:25 · PRO 28:26 · PRO 29:25 · PRO 31:11 · ISA 26:4 · ISA 30:12 · ISA 31:1 · ISA 36:4 · ISA 36:5 · ISA 36:6 · ISA 36:6 · ISA 36:7 · ISA 36:9 · ISA 37:10 · ISA 42:17 · ISA 47:10 · ISA 50:10 · ISA 59:4 · JER 5:17 · JER 7:4 · JER 7:8 · JER 7:14 · JER 9:3 · JER 13:25 · JER 17:5 · JER 17:7 · JER 39:18 · JER 46:25 · JER 48:7 · JER 49:4 · JER 49:11 · EZK 16:15 · EZK 33:13 · HOS 10:13 · MIC 7:5 · HAB 2:18 · ZEP 3:2
Confident | verb hif
to give (someone) confidence, to make (someone) feel secure = causative action by which a deity causes humans to live with confidence and without fear
verb
1 PRO 14:16 RSV NRSV ESV "careless" NIV "reckless" NJPS "confidently" NJB "conceited" = [1a] | HALOT DCH REB "to fall down" = [2a] 2 JER 12:5 NJPS NJB "secure" ESV "trusting" = [1a] | DCH HALOT RSV NRSV "fall down" NIV "stumble" REB "fall headlong" GNT "can't stand up" CEV "fall" = [2a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָּטַח vb. trust Qal trust
be confident
Hiph. cause to trust, make secure
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