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ʾĕmet אֱמֶת ‘truth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: contracted from ʾāman אָמַן ‘be faithful’
Roots: אמן

ʾĕmet n, f
1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
 1a) sureness, reliability
 1b) stability, continuance
 1c) faithfulness, reliableness
 1d) truth
  1d1) as spoken
  1d2) of testimony and judgment
  1d3) of divine instruction
  1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
  1d5) true doctrine
adv
2) in truth, truly

Mentioned in Genesis 24:27, 24:48, 24:49, 42:16, 47:29, 32:11 Exodus 18:21, 34:6 Deuteronomy 22:20, 13:15, 17:4 Joshua 2:12, 24:14, 2:14 Judges 9:16, 9:19, 9:15 1 Samuel 12:24 2 Samuel 7:28, 15:20, 2:6 1 Kings 3:6, 2:4, 17:24, 10:6, 22:16 2 Kings 20:19, 20:3 Isaiah 38:19, 61:8, 16:5, 59:14, 59:15, 38:18, 39:8, 48:1, 38:3, 43:9, 10:20, 42:3 Jeremiah 14:13, 26:15, 2:21, 9:4, 42:5, 10:10, 4:2, 23:28, 28:9, 32:41, 33:6 Ezekiel 18:9, 18:8 Hosea 4:1 Micah 7:20 Zechariah 8:19, 7:9, 8:16, 8:3, 8:8 Malachi 2:6 Psalms 91:4, 86:15, 43:3, 119:43, 31:6, 30:10, 138:2, 25:5, 57:4, 61:8, 69:14, 71:22, 40:11, 111:7, 15:2, 19:10, 25:10, 26:3, 40:12, 45:5, 51:8, 54:7, 57:11, 85:11, 85:12, 86:11, 89:15, 108:5, 111:8, 115:1, 117:2, 119:142, 119:151, 119:160, 132:11, 145:18, 146:6 Proverbs 3:3, 23:23, 22:21, 8:7, 11:18, 12:19, 14:22, 14:25, 16:6, 20:28, 29:14 Ecclesiastes 12:10 Esther 9:30 Daniel 10:21, 9:13, 8:26, 8:12, 10:1, 11:2 Nehemiah 7:2, 9:13, 9:33 2 Chronicles 32:1, 9:5, 18:15, 15:3, 31:20

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