Definition

literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity

Etymology

or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of H529 (אֵמוּן);

Where the KJV renders it

• faith(-ful
• -ly
• -ness
• (man))
• set office
• stability
• steady
• truly
• truth
• verily

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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