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Hebrew verb · H982

בָּטַח

batachbaw-takh'

to trust

120 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: bâṭach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H982is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 91
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H982

figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

The King James renders it: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

batach is rendered "to trust". It stands 120 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.

  • Forty-six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 28:52They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
  • The Greek text spells it ninety-one different ways.

The first use

They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 28:52בֹּטֵ֥חַ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Forty-six of the word's 120 uses are in Psalms.

The other 23 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • trusting12
  • trust7
  • I trust6
  • they trusted6
  • you trust6
  • I have trusted5
  • I will trust3
  • trusts3
  • we trust3
  • you rely3
  • and secure2
  • and trusts2

and 47 more, 120 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

בָּטָאbatato speak rashlyUses4
בָּטֵלbatelto ceaseUses1

The words it stands beside

All 120, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

91 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים4
  • בְּטַ֣ח3
  • בֹּטֵ֣חַ3
  • בֹּטֵ֥חַ3
  • וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ3
  • אֶבְטַח־2
  • בּוֹטֵ֣חַ2
  • בּוֹטֵ֥חַ2
  • בָטַ֥ח2
  • בִּטְח֣וּ2
  • בֹּֽטְח֑וֹת2
  • בֹּטְחִ֣ים2

and 79 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular14HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular11HVqp1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular8HVqp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular6HC/Vqrmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural6HTd/Vqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular5HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural5HVqj2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural4HVqv2mp
  • Hc/Vqw2fs3Hc/Vqw2fs

Deuteronomy

one use
  • They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

    Deuteronomy 28:52

    • בֹּטֵ֥חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting

Judges

five uses
  • Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.

    Judges 9:26

    • וַיִּבְטְחוּ־vaiyivtechu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they trusted
  • So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.

    Judges 18:7

    • וּבֹטֵ֗חַuvoteachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and secure
  • When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

    Judges 18:10

    • בֹּטֵ֗חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: secure
  • After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

    Judges 18:27

    • וּבֹטֵ֔חַuvoteachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and secure
  • Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

    Judges 20:36

    • בָֽטְחוּ֙vatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trusted

2 Kings

nine uses
  • Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

    2 Kings 18:5

    • בָּטָ֑חbatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he trusted
  • The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

    2 Kings 18:19

    • בָּטָֽחְתָּ׃batachetaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you trust
  • You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

    2 Kings 18:20

    • בָטַ֔חְתָּvatachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you rely
  • Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

    2 Kings 18:21

    • בָטַ֣חְתָּvatachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you rely
    • הַבֹּטְחִ֖יםhabotechimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those rely
  • But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

    2 Kings 18:22

    • בָּטָ֑חְנוּbatachenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we trust
  • For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

    2 Kings 18:24

    • וַתִּבְטַ֤חvativtachHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have been relying
  • Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

    2 Kings 18:30

    • יַבְטַ֨חyavtachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he make trust
  • “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    2 Kings 19:10

    • בֹּטֵ֥חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting

1 Chronicles

one use
  • And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

    1 Chronicles 5:20

    • בָ֥טְחוּvatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trusted

2 Chronicles

one use
  • “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

    2 Chronicles 32:10

    • בֹּטְחִ֔יםbotechimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: relying

Job

four uses
  • They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

    Job 6:20

    • בָטָ֑חvatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had been confident
  • You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

    Job 11:18

    • וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּuvatachtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will be secure
  • Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

    Job 39:11

    • הֲֽתִבְטַח־hativtach-question particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will you trust
  • Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

    Job 40:23

    • יִבְטַ֓ח׀yivtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is confident

Psalms

forty-six uses
  • Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

    Psalms 4:5

    • וּ֝בִטְח֗וּuvitchuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and trust
  • Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

    Psalms 9:10

    • וְיִבְטְח֣וּveyivtechuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may trust
  • But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

    Psalms 13:5

    • בָטַחְתִּי֮vatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have trusted
  • For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

    Psalms 21:7

    • בֹּטֵ֣חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

    Psalms 22:4

    • בָּטְח֣וּbatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trusted
    • בָּ֝טְח֗וּbatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trusted
  • They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

    Psalms 22:5

    • בָטְח֣וּvatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trusted
  • Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

    Psalms 22:9

    • מַ֝בְטִיחִ֗יmavtichiverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: making trust me
  • in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

    Psalms 25:2

    • בָ֭טַחְתִּיvatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trust
  • Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

    Psalms 26:1

    • בָּ֝טַ֗חְתִּיbatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have trusted
  • Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.

    Psalms 27:3

    • בוֹטֵֽחַ׃voteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

    Psalms 28:7

    • בָטַ֥חvatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has trusted
  • I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

    Psalms 31:6

    • בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃batachetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trust
  • But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

    Psalms 31:14

    • בָטַ֣חְתִּיvatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I rely
  • Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

    Psalms 32:10

    • וְהַבּוֹטֵ֥חַvehaboteachconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and the trusts
  • For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.

    Psalms 33:21

    • בָטָֽחְנוּ׃vatachenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we trust
  • Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

    Psalms 37:3

    • בְּטַ֣חbetachverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: trust
  • Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

    Psalms 37:5

    • וּבְטַ֥חuvetachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and rely
  • He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

    Psalms 40:3

    • וְ֝יִבְטְח֗וּveyivtechuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may trust
  • Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

    Psalms 41:9

    • בָּטַ֣חְתִּיbatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trusted
  • For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

    Psalms 44:6

    • אֶבְטָ֑חʾevtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trust
  • They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

    Psalms 49:6

    • הַבֹּטְחִ֥יםhabotechimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those relying
  • “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

    Psalms 52:7

    • וַ֭יִּבְטַחvaiyivtachHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he trusted
  • But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

    Psalms 52:8

    • בָּטַ֥חְתִּיbatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trust
  • But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

    Psalms 55:23

    • אֶבְטַח־ʾevtach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will trust
  • When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

    Psalms 56:3

    • אֶבְטָֽח׃ʾevtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will trust
  • In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    Psalms 56:4

    • בָּ֭טַחְתִּיbatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have trusted
  • in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    Psalms 56:11

    • בָּ֭טַחְתִּיbatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have trusted
  • Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

    Psalms 62:8

    • בִּטְח֘וּbitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: trust
  • Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

    Psalms 62:10

    • תִּבְטְח֣וּtivtechuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you trust
  • because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.

    Psalms 78:22

    • בָ֝טְח֗וּvatechuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they trusted
  • O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

    Psalms 84:12

    • בֹּטֵ֥חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusts
  • Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

    Psalms 86:2

    • הַבּוֹטֵ֥חַhaboteachthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who trusts
  • I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

    Psalms 91:2

    • אֶבְטַח־ʾevtach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trust
  • He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

    Psalms 112:7

    • בָּטֻ֥חַbatuachnoun · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

    Psalms 115:8

    • בֹּטֵ֣חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

    Psalms 115:9

    • בְּטַ֣חbetachverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: trust
  • O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

    Psalms 115:10

    • בִּטְח֣וּbitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: trust
  • You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

    Psalms 115:11

    • בִּטְח֣וּbitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: trust
  • It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

    Psalms 118:8

    • מִ֝בְּטֹ֗חַmibetoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: more than to trust
  • It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

    Psalms 118:9

    • מִ֝בְּטֹ֗חַmibetoachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: more than to trust
  • Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

    Psalms 119:42

    • בָ֝טַחְתִּיvatachtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I trust
  • Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

    Psalms 125:1

    • הַבֹּטְחִ֥יםhabotechimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those trust
  • Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

    Psalms 135:18

    • בֹּטֵ֣חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

    Psalms 143:8

    • בָ֫טָ֥חְתִּיvatachetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have trusted
  • Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

    Psalms 146:3

    • תִּבְטְח֥וּtivtechuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you trust

Proverbs

ten uses
  • Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

    Proverbs 3:5

    • בְּטַ֣חbetachverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: trust
  • He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

    Proverbs 11:15

    • בּוֹטֵֽחַ׃boteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: secure
  • He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

    Proverbs 11:28

    • בּוֹטֵ֣חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusts
  • A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

    Proverbs 14:16

    • וּבוֹטֵֽחַ׃uvoteachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and confident
  • Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

    Proverbs 16:20

    • וּבוֹטֵ֖חַuvoteachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and trusts
  • The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

    Proverbs 28:1

    • יִבְטָֽח׃yivtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is confident
  • A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

    Proverbs 28:25

    • וּבוֹטֵ֖חַuvoteachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and relies
  • He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

    Proverbs 28:26

    • בּוֹטֵ֣חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusts
  • The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

    Proverbs 29:25

    • וּבוֹטֵ֖חַuvoteachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and trusts
  • The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.

    Proverbs 31:11

    • בָּ֣טַחbatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it trusts

Isaiah

twenty uses
  • Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

    Isaiah 12:2

    • אֶבְטַ֖חʾevtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will trust
  • You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

    Isaiah 26:3

    • בָּטֽוּחַ׃batuachnoun · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.

    Isaiah 26:4

    • בִּטְח֥וּbitchuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: trust
  • Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

    Isaiah 30:12

    • וַֽתִּבְטְחוּ֙vativtechuHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you have trusted
  • Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

    Isaiah 31:1

    • וַיִּבְטְח֨וּvaiyivtechuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have relied
  • Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

    Isaiah 32:9

    • בֹּֽטח֔וֹתbotchotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: confident
  • In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

    Isaiah 32:10

    • בֹּֽטְח֑וֹתbotechotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: O confident
  • Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

    Isaiah 32:11

    • בֹּֽטְח֑וֹתbotechotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: O confident
  • The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

    Isaiah 36:4

    • בָּטָֽחְתָּ׃batachetaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you trust
  • You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

    Isaiah 36:5

    • בָטַ֔חְתָּvatachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you rely
  • Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

    Isaiah 36:6

    • בָטַ֡חְתָּvatachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you rely
    • הַבֹּטְחִ֖יםhabotechimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those rely
  • But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?

    Isaiah 36:7

    • בָּטָ֑חְנוּbatachenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we trust
  • For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

    Isaiah 36:9

    • וַתִּבְטַ֤חvativtachHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have been relying
  • Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

    Isaiah 36:15

    • יַבְטַ֨חyavtachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he make trust
  • “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    Isaiah 37:10

    • בּוֹטֵ֥חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

    Isaiah 42:17

    • הַבֹּטְחִ֖יםhabotechimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those trust
  • You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

    Isaiah 47:10

    • וַתִּבְטְחִ֣יvativtechiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you trusted
  • Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

    Isaiah 50:10

    • יִבְטַח֙yivtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him trust
  • No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

    Isaiah 59:4

    • בָּט֤וֹחַbatoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: trusting

Jeremiah

sixteen uses
  • They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

    Jeremiah 5:17

    • בּוֹטֵ֥חַboteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: trusting
  • Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

    Jeremiah 7:4

    • תִּבְטְח֣וּtivtechuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you trust
  • But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

    Jeremiah 7:8

    • בֹּטְחִ֣יםbotechimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: relying
  • therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

    Jeremiah 7:14

    • בֹּטְחִ֣יםbotechimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: trusting
  • “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

    Jeremiah 9:4

    • תִּבְטָ֑חוּtivtachuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you rely
  • “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

    Jeremiah 12:5

    • בוֹטֵ֔חַvoteachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: falling to ground
  • This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

    Jeremiah 13:25

    • וַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖יvativtechiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you have trusted
  • This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

    Jeremiah 17:5

    • יִבְטַ֣חyivtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he trusts
  • But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

    Jeremiah 17:7

    • יִבְטַ֖חyivtachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he trusts
  • Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

    Jeremiah 28:15

    • הִבְטַ֛חְתָּhivtachtaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have made rely
  • “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

    Jeremiah 29:31

    • וַיַּבְטַ֥חvaiyavtachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has made rely
  • For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”

    Jeremiah 39:18

    • בָטַ֥חְתָּvatachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you trusted
  • The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.

    Jeremiah 46:25

    • הַבֹּטְחִ֖יםhabotechimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the trust
  • Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

    Jeremiah 48:7

    • בִּטְחֵ֤ךְbitchekhverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: trusting you
  • Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

    Jeremiah 49:4

    • הַבֹּֽטְחָה֙habotechahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: who trusts
  • Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

    Jeremiah 49:11

    • תִּבְטָֽחוּ׃ סtivtachuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: let them rely

Ezekiel

two uses
  • But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

    Ezekiel 16:15

    • וַתִּבְטְחִ֣יvativtechiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you trusted
  • If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

    Ezekiel 33:13

    • בָטַ֥חvatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he relies

Hosea

one use
  • You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

    Hosea 10:13

    • בָטַ֥חְתָּvatachtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have trusted

Amos

one use
  • Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

    Amos 6:1

    • וְהַבֹּטְחִ֖יםvehabotechimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those trust

Micah

one use
  • Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

    Micah 7:5

    • תִּבְטְח֖וּtivtechuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you trust

Habakkuk

one use
  • What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

    Habakkuk 2:18

    • בָטַ֞חvatachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he relies

Zephaniah

one use
  • She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

    Zephaniah 3:2

    • בָטָ֔חָהvatachahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has trusted

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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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