Strong's Hebrew · H982

בָּטַח

bâṭach · baw-takh'

be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

Definition

figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

Derivation

a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620 (חָסָה));

Appears 120 times in Scripture

Isaiah 36:6

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.

Psalms 52:8

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 52:7

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Isaiah 50:10

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.

2 Chronicles 32:10

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

Job 6:20

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

Psalms 119:42

Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

Job 39:11

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Jeremiah 7:8

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Jeremiah 5:17

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.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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