אֶמֶת

ʼemeth · Hebrew · Strong's H571 · 127 occurrences

The KJV renders 12 different Hebrew and Greek words as “right”

What it means

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

contracted from H539 (אָמַן);

How the KJV renders it

assured, establishment, faithful, right, sure, truely, verity

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“right”

also renders orthōs (G3723), exousía (G1849), díkaios (G1342), gᵉʼullâh (H1353), yᵉmîynîy (H3227), yôsher (H3476), kûwn (H3559), kên (H3651), mishpâṭ (H4941), nâkôach (H5228), nᵉkôchâh (H5229)

“sure”

also renders bébaios (G949), stereós (G4731), asphalḗs (G804), pistós (G4103), ʼâman (H539), ʼăman (H540), bâṭach (H982), mibṭâch (H4009), qayâm (H7011)

“faithful”

also renders pistós (G4103), ʼăman (H540)

“verity”

also renders alḗtheia (G225)

Questions this word decides

Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?

Where it appears

127 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Kings 2:4 HR/Ncfsa1 Kings 3:6 HR/Ncfsa1 Kings 10:6 HNcfsa1 Kings 17:24 HNcfsa1 Kings 22:16 HNcfsa1 Samuel 12:24 HR/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 9:5 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 15:3 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 18:15 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 31:20 HC/Td/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 32:1 HC/Td/Ncfsa2 Kings 20:3 HR/Ncfsa2 Kings 20:19 HC/Ncfsa2 Samuel 2:6 HC/Ncfsa2 Samuel 7:28 HNcfsa2 Samuel 15:20 HC/NcfsaDaniel 8:12 HNcfsaDaniel 8:26 HNcfsaDaniel 9:13 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2msDaniel 10:1 HC/NcfsaDaniel 10:21 HNcfsaDaniel 11:2 HNcfsaDeuteronomy 13:14 HNcfsaDeuteronomy 17:4 HNcfsaDeuteronomy 22:20 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 12:10 HNcfsaEsther 9:30 HC/NcfsaExodus 18:21 HNcfsaExodus 34:6 HC/NcfsaEzekiel 18:8 HNcfsaEzekiel 18:9 HNcfsaGenesis 24:27 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3msGenesis 24:48 HNcfsaGenesis 24:49 HC/NcfsaGenesis 32:10 HTd/NcfsaGenesis 42:16 HTi/NcfsaGenesis 47:29 HC/NcfsaHosea 4:1 HNcfsaIsaiah 10:20 HR/NcfsaIsaiah 16:5 HR/NcfsaIsaiah 38:3 HR/NcfsaIsaiah 38:18 HNcfsc/Sp2msIsaiah 38:19 HNcfsc/Sp2msIsaiah 39:8 HC/NcfsaIsaiah 42:3 HR/NcfsaIsaiah 43:9 HNcfsaIsaiah 48:1 HR/NcfsaIsaiah 59:14 HNcfsaIsaiah 59:15 HTd/NcfsaIsaiah 61:8 HR/NcfsaJudges 9:15 HR/NcfsaJudges 9:16 HR/NcfsaJudges 9:19 HR/NcfsaJeremiah 2:21 HNcfsaJeremiah 4:2 HR/NcfsaJeremiah 9:5 HC/NcfsaJeremiah 10:10 HNcfsaJeremiah 14:13 HNcfsaJeremiah 23:28 HNcfsaJeremiah 26:15 HR/Ncfsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.