קְשׁוֹט
qᵉshôwṭ · H7187 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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true, reliable
State in which words or actions are true and reliable
ExamplesDaniel 2:47 The king responded to Daniel and said, “Your God truly is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”
Daniel 4:37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just; and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- גְּלָהbring over 1
- אֱלָהּGod, god 1
- מַעְבָדwork 1
- מָרֵאlord 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- אֶמֶת ʼemeth · H571 · faithfulness, reliability, trustworthiness
- The standard Hebrew word for truth, reliability, and faithfulness; semantically overlaps with קְשׁוֹט as both denote truth/veracity, though אֱמֶת is far more common and has broader semantic range including faithfulness and reliability.
Contrasting words 2 words
- כְּדַב kᵉdab · H3538 · lying
- Aramaic word for lie/falsehood, the direct lexical opposite of truth; appears in Daniel alongside truth terminology as its semantic antonym.
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer · H8267 · treachery, wrongfully, without cause
- The standard Hebrew word for lie, falsehood, and deception; the direct lexical opposite of truth in Hebrew vocabulary.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀλήθεια alḗtheia · G225 · truth, actually, really
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew/Aramaic terms denoting truth; frequently used in LXX and NT to render Hebrew אֱמֶת and Aramaic truth terminology.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- True002001003017
- Daniel 2:47 recounts that the king said, “Your God truly is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7187. qeshot קְשֹׁט noun [masculine] truth (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew קשְׁטְ once,…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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