Strong's Lexicon

H4009

H4009 — מִבטָּח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmibtachnoun mascOccurrences: 15TWOT: 233e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4009
Word:מִבטָּח
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H982
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:mibtach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mib-tawkh'
Meaning:1. (properly) a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
KJV Renderings:confidence, hope, sure, trust.

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BDB1022

מִבְטָח noun [masculine] confidence Ezek 29:16 — construct מִבְטַח Prov 14:26 + 2 t.; suffix מִבְטַהִי Job 31:24 + 6 t. (dag. implicit); מִבְטֶחָם Jer 48:13 מִבְטֶחָהֿ Prov 21:22 plural מִבְטַחִים Isa 32:18 מִבְטָחַיִךְ Jer 2:37

1. the act of confiding Prov 21:22; Prov 22:19; Prov 25:19.
2. the object of confidence Job 8:14; Job 18:14; Job 31:24; Ps 40:5; Ps 65:6; Ps 71:5; Jer 2:37; Jer 17:7; Jer 48:13; Ezek 29:16.
3. the state of confidence, security Prov 14:26; Isa 32:18.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מבטח (miv-t)

Job 8:14

KJV: Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.web: Heb. house
EHCC: whose trust (shall be) a spider's ¥e

Job 18:14

KJV: His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
EHCC: His confidence shall be rooted out

Job 31:24

KJV: If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
EHCC: fine gol a, (Thou art) my congo’:

Job 65:5

EHCC: (6 the confidence of all the ends of

Job 71:5

EHCC: my trust from my youth. .

Proverbs 14:26

KJV: In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
EHCC: the fear of the Lord (is) strong ₪2

Proverbs 21:29

KJV: A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.directeth: or, considereth
EHCC: the strength of the confidence thereof.

Proverbs 22:19

KJV: That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.even…: or, trust thou also
EHCC: That thy frust may be in the Lord,

Proverbs 25:19

KJV: Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
EHCC: A ei én an unfaithful man

Isaiah 32:18

KJV: And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
EHCC: in sure dwellings, 0

Jeremiah 2:37

KJV: Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
EHCC: the Lord hath rejected thy confidences,

Jeremiah 17:7

KJV: Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
EHCC: hose hope the Lord is,

Jeremiah 48:13

KJV: And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth–el their confidence.
EHCC: Beth-el their confidence,

Ezekiel 29:16

KJV: And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.
EHCC: it shall be no more the confidence
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