Definition

figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620 (חָסָה));

Where the KJV renders it

• be bold (confident
• secure
• sure)
• careless (one
• woman)
• put confidence
• (make to) hope
• (put
• make to) trust

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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