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H985בִּטְחָה biṭchâh — trustG4006πεποίθησις pepoíthēsis — relianceH4009מִבְטָח mibṭâch — properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assuranceH986בִּטָּחוֹן biṭṭâchôwn — trustG3954παῤῥησία parrhēsía — all out-spokenness, i.e.
frankness, bluntness, publicityH983בֶּטַח beṭach — properly, a place of refuge
Verses(5+)
- Verse2 Corinthians 3:4Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
- VerseJob 8:14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
- Verse2 Corinthians 7:16I rejoice that I can have complete confidence in you.
- VerseProverbs 25:9Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
- VerseHebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH985 בִּטְחָה · biṭchâh (Hebrew)trust
- WordG4006 πεποίθησις · pepoíthēsis (Greek)reliance
- WordH4009 מִבְטָח · mibṭâch (Hebrew)properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
- WordH986 בִּטָּחוֹן · biṭṭâchôwn (Hebrew)trust
- WordG3954 παῤῥησία · parrhēsía (Greek)all out-spokenness, i.e. frankness, bluntness, publicity
Themes(5+)
- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- ThemePrayerPrayer enters the canon as a corporate act, not a private technique: "then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah" (Genesis 4:26) describes a community, not a method. The…
Topics(2)
Prophecies(1)
Authors(4)
- AuthorFastidiusAlmost everything known about Fastidius comes from a single paragraph. Gennadius of Massilia, writing his catalogue of Christian authors in the late fifth century, recorded…
- AuthorSeverian of GabalaSeverian was bishop of Gabala, a small coastal town in Syria, at the end of the fourth century. He is known for two things that do not sit comfortably together: a substantial…
- AuthorAmbrosiasterAmbrosiaster is a nickname for a man whose name was lost. It was coined by Erasmus in the sixteenth century, and it means roughly "the pseudo-Ambrose" — because for a thousand…
- AuthorTaylor WelchTaylor A. Welch is an American business educator, entrepreneur, and host of *The Deep End w/Taylor Welch* podcast (Apple, Spotify, YouTube, iHeart — major podcast…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5)
- Study resource2 Maccabees 15:7But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him:
- Study resourceSirach 26:21So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.
- Study resourceJudith 13:19For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of God for ever.
- Study resource2 Esdras 8:36For in this, O Lord, thy righteousness and thy goodness shall be declared, if thou be merciful unto them which have not the confidence of good works.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 8:18For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the Almighty who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.