בָּטַח
bâṭach · H982 · Hebrew · 120 occurrences
Meanings
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to be confident
To live in a state of confidence and without fear, often regarded as carelessness, especially when there is no mention of trust in YHWH
ExamplesJudges 18:7 So the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people who were in it living in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting; for there was no oppressive ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
Judges 18:10 “When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people with a spacious land; for God has handed it over to you, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
Judges 18:27 Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire.
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to trust, rely or depend
To have confidence in someone or something else and show it by one's actions, usually negative when the object is human and always positive when it is YHWH
ExamplesDeuteronomy 28:52 “And it will besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it will besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 9:26 Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his relatives, and crossed over into Shechem; and the leaders of Shechem trusted him.
Judges 20:36 So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. When the men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah,
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to give someone confidence or make someone trust
An action by which a deity causes humans to live with confidence, or humans cause others to have confidence in someone or something else
ExamplesPsalm 22:9 Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
2 Kings 18:30 ‘And do not let Hezekiah lead you to trust in the LORD by saying, “The LORD will certainly save us, and this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
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to fall down
A process by which humans cease to be standing upright and end up flat on the ground
ExamplesProverbs 14:16 A wise person is cautious and turns away from evil, But a fool is arrogant and careless.
Jeremiah 12:5 “If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out, How can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket by the Jordan?
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
112 occurrences in 25 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 19
- Not stated (participle) 19
- Not stated: I 11
- Not stated: you (more than one) 11
- אַתָּהyou 9
- Not stated: he, she or it 8
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- כֶםyou 3
- עַםpeople 1
- נִיme 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
100 occurrences in 57 groups
- בin/on/with+ יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 15
- בin/on/with+ וֹhim 11
- אֵלto, toward+ יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 7
- בin/on/with+ ךָּyou 7
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ וֹhim 4
- לto/for+ אָמַרto say 3
- Other words · 50 groups that occur once or twice (64) 64
With adverbsAdverbs
12 occurrences in 3 groups
- אַלnot, do not 7
- לֹאnot 3
- עַתָּהnow 2
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּתdaughter 1
- נָקַבto pierce 1
- אָמַרto say 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- דָּשֵׁןto grow fat 1
- שָׂגַבto be exalted, to be safe 1
- בּוּשׁto be ashamed, to be put to shame 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הַרmountain 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
- בin/on/with 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- πείθω peíthō · G3982 · to persuade, to convince, to rely on
- Greek πείθω emphasizes the act of persuading or convincing, which leads to trust, while Hebrew בָּטַח focuses on the resulting state of assurance, security or trust itself; πείθω captures the dynamic process of establishing the trust that בָּטַח denotes as an achieved condition.
- ἐλπίζω elpízō · G1679 · to hope, to hope for, hope
- ἐλπίζω (elpízō, G1679) ἐλπίζω emphasizes expectation and hope oriented toward future outcomes, while בָּטַח (bâṭach, H982) בָּטַח focuses on present-state assurance and security grounded in trust.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Confident002001002003
- The verb's central sense is to trust or place confidence in someone or something, as Shechem's leaders 'trusted' Gaal in Judges 9:26, fitting this domain's core sense of confidence or trust.
- Stance002001001061
- The verb also describes a settled, secure posture of life, as Laish's people are found 'living in security... quiet and unsuspecting' in Judges 18:7, connecting it to this domain's sense of a stable, secure position or state.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H982. batach I. בָּטַח verb trust (compare Arabic to throw one down upon his face Thes,…
I. בָּטַח verb trust (compare Arabic to throw one down upon his face Thes, lie extended on the ground, 'se reposer sur quelqu' un' Fl MV) —
Qal Perfect בָּטַח Psa 28:7 35t.; Imperfect יִבְּטַח Job 40:23 27t.; Imperative בְּטַח Psa 37:3 Psa 37:8t.; Infinitive abs בָּטוֺחַ Isa 59:4, construct בְּטֹחַ Psa 118:8 Psa 118:2t.; Participle בֹּטֵחַ Psa 21:8 35t.; passive בָּטוּחַ Psa 112:7; Isa 26:3.
I. trust.
1 absolute Isa 12:2.
2 with cognate accusative בטחת אשׁר הזה הבטחון מה what is this trust that thou dost trust ? 2Ki 18:19 = Isa 36:4.
3 with בְּ trust in —
a. God 2Ki 18:5; 2Ki 19:10; 1Ch 5:20; Psa 9:11; Psa 21:8; Psa 22:5; Psa 22:6; Psa 25:2; Psa 26:1; Psa 28:7; Psa 32:10; Psa 37:3; Psa 40:4; Psalm 55:24; Psa 56:5; Psa 56:12; Psa 62:9; Psalm 84:13; Psa 91:2; Psa 112:7; Psa 115:9; Psa 115:10; Psa 115:11; Psa 125:1; Psa 143:8; Pro 16:20; Pro 29:25; Isa 26:3-4, Isa 37:10; Jer 17:7; Jer 39:18; Zep 3:2.
b. persons Jdg 9:26; Psa 41:10; Psa 118:8; Psa 118:9; Psa 146:3; Pro 31:11; Jer 17:5; Jer 46:25; Mic 7:5.
c. things Deu 28:32; Job 39:11; Psa 27:3; Psa 44:7; Psa 52:9; Psa 62:11; Psa 115:8; Psa 135:18; Pro 11:28; Pro 28:26; Isa 30:12; Isa 42:17; Isa 47:10; Jer 5:17; Jer 7:14; Jer 12:5; Jer 13:25; Jer 48:7; Jer 49:4; Eze 16:15; Hos 10:13; Amo 6:1.
d. in the name of Gos Psalm Amos 33:21; Isa 5:10; mercy of God Psa 13:6; Psalm 52:10; word of God Psa 119:42; salvation of God Psa 78:22.
4 with עַל, trust or rely upon —
a. God Psa 31:15; Psa 37:5; Pro 28:25; Jer 49:11.
b. persons 2Ki 18:20-21, 2Ki 18:24 = Isa 36:5; Isa 36:6; Isa 36:9; Jer 9:3.
c. things 2Ki 18:21 = Isa 36:6; 2Ch 32:10; Psa 49:7; Isa 31:1; Isa 59:4; Eze 33:13; Hab 2:18.
5 with אֶל trust to —
a. God 2Ki 18:22 (= Isa 36:7) Psa 4:6; Psa 31:7; Psa 56:4; Psa 86:2; Pro 3:5.
b. persons Jdg 20:36.
c. things Jer 7:4 (= דבר על Jer 7:8).
II. be confident Job 6:20; Job 40:23; Pro 14:16; יִבְטַח כִּכְפִיר צַדִּיקִים the righteous are bold as a lion Pro 28:1; secure Job 11:18; Pro 11:15; בֹּטֵחַ עַם a people secure Jdg 18:7, Jdg 18:10, Jdg 18:27; בֹּטְחוֺת בָּנוֺת careless daughters,, (women) Isa 32:9 compare Isa 32:10; Isa 32:11.
Hiph`il Perfect הִבְטַחְתָּ Jer 28:15; Imperfect יַבְטַח Isa 36:15 Isa 36:2t.; Participle מַבְטִיחִי Psa 22:10; cause to trust, make secure, absolute Psa 22:10; with עַל Jer 28:15; Jer 29:31; with אֶל 2Ki 18:30 = Isa 36:15.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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.
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