Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon

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1317; 'K I)} faithful witness Pr 14'; cf. 'K B^K Pr206; K net? tepi-ny faithfulness Is 262, perh. also 1// 3124 'N TM v. I. [JEN]. * n^t2M n.f. firmness, steadfastness, fidel- ity Ex 1712 + 46 t.; rfHSg Pr 2820. 1. lit. firmness, steadiness: Ex 1712 'N VT WJ /«« Aanrfs were steadiness (i. e. steady). "2. stead- fastness, 1»ny rUWK steadfastness of thy times IS336. 3. faithfulness, trust: a. 0/ human conduct f 373 P11222 Je5372892 2K1216; in office 2 K 2 27 2 Ch 199 3 112 3412; (bv) ny.o«3 fa <«*»< (over) iChg222631 2 Ch 311518; 'K JJTJ 1/, 11930; DiJiDN Wit man of great faithfulness Fr 2820; associated with p"13f in human character ply T£ 'K rw m,^0 breatheth out faithfulness sheweth forth righteousness Pr I217; cf. iS S623 Is 594 Je 51; rVIT injIDSa pnx 0 righteous man by his faithfulness livelhRb 24 ( > faith Luth AV KV). b. as a divine attribute 1// 8812 89236'9 Is 251 Ho22SLa321; fifGQ bt* Dt324; his faith- fulness is shewn in his works V' 334J commands i/' 1 1980; in affliction^ 1 1975; in hisoath to David V'Sg50; it reacheth unto the skies ^ 36"; untoall generations if'ioo5!^90; he will not belie it f 89s4. It is JDN n«DN Is 251; cf. "IND njWK ^, 1 19138. It is closely associated with the divine IDn mercy +8gibg23983 H0222; with the divine P^X, "5^ f 9613 1431 Is 1 Is; & salvation f 4011. Tn2pi^ n.f. bringing up, nourishment, Est 220. ' trUCN adv. (fr. fCN by affix n_) verily, truly, indeed Gn 2012 (E) Jos 720 (JE). tn^QN n.f. faith, support. 1. Un:K nJ9^ ^T1!3 we are flighting faith (make a sure covenant AV EV) Ne io1. 2. 'Dfl !>y 'K «,p. port, fixed provision, for the singers Ne n23. TnDDN n.pr.fl. 1. a river (constant 1 cf. Is 3316) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 K 5I2(Qr; n33X Kt), the Gr. Chrysorrhoas, mod. Ar. A'ahr Baradd. 2. the region from which it flows Ct 4". t MCtJ adv. (fr. JON by aff. D-) verily, truly, indeed, always in interrog. Gn 1 813 (J), elsewh.D3t?NnNu2 237(E) 1K827 2Ch618f 58s. tD2?p{<t adv. (=D3CN) verUy, truly, in TON asseverations 2 K 191' (=Is 3719) Jb 1945 3412 36* Ru 312, also ironical Jb 9s 1 2s. tjlESt n.f. firmness, faithfulness, truth (contr. for niDK, fr. |DK) Gn 2448 + 106 t.; sf. taOK, *|nBtj ^9i4+ 18 t. 1. reliability, sureness: DDK T]T1 sure way Gn 2448 (J); "OB> TICK *wre reward Pr 1 ils; J1DN Jlltf swre token Jos 212 (J); n»K JHJ. Je 221. 2. stability, con- tinuance: nONI Dii'B' ^eac« and stability Is 39s (= 2 K 2019) Est 930 Je 33" Zc 819, cf. nCK W& Je 1 413. 3. faithfulness, reliableness: (a) of men DDK B«N faithful man Kef; MCN 'MK Ex i821 (E); HDX3 7]?n walk in faithfulness, faith- fully 1 K24 3* 2 K 203 Is 38s cf. 1 S 1224; of ", Tjne«3 ^256 263 86"; riDNn "Vy Zc83; of men *^ 45' 518 2 Chsi20 321 Pr2914 Is io20 423 481; D'Dn3l'N3 Ju 91619 Jos 24"; '.^P?" mercy and faithfulness Pr33 1422 166 2028 Ho 41, & the phrase nONl HDn ntPJ* Gn 2449 47s9 Jos 214 (J) 2 S 1520. (6) an attribute of God ^ 54' 7122 is 3818-'9 618; net* jna Mi 720; nos nfeji Ez 189 'Neg33; now non n'trj? Gn32n(J) 2S26; 21 nDXI IDn abundant in mercy and faithfulness Ex 346 (J) yjr 8615; these attributes are also associated ^ 401112 618 1151 138s Is 165 Gn 2 4s7 (J); they are messengers of God tq men ^574 85" 8915 cf. Vm33; now non '« rwrw i>3 ^ 2510; the faithfulness of God endureth for ever ^ 1172; he keepeth it for ever \^ 1466; it reacheth unto the skies ^57" 1085; it is shield & buckler ^ 914; he is n»N i>S ^31" = DJ3N v6n 2 Ch 153; nCK is also associated with the divine -\& + 1 1 i8; P# V 8512; ni?"!? zc 8s; BEtpT? ,/, m7 Je42; & salvation i^6914. 4. truth (a) as spoken: DDK ~\2~l speak truth I K 22"2Chi8lsJe94Zc816f 152; '« ^Ec^10; "n*jn np« the thing is true Dt 2220 iKio' 2 Ch 95 Dn io1; nann [13 J T1DN «/ie thing is cer- tainly true Dt 1315 1 74; DOK 19K=Ilf3K Dn»K Pr 2221; DON nn Pr87; 'K T)h Dn n2, ^npS ■f3010; nOK nSB* Pr 1219; DCK ?a'«<mels439; D3J"IK riDNn whether truth is with you Gn 4216 (E) cf. Is5914ls. (6) of testimony and judgment no£ "ty <r«« witness Pr 1426; JDXJ1 flON ny Je 42s'; n»X USTO Ez 188 Zc 79; riDS OSB- Zc 816. (c) of divine instruction DDK 3T13 Dn io21; min Hon Mai 2" cf. Ne 913; noN imin ^ 119142; nnx yu " in iKif cf. 2 s 7s8; * ^seto don V' 19'0; noK "psn mr\ ^ 119™; fnttD DDK V' II9161- (d) <nt</t as a body of ethical or religious knowledge Dn 812; "jriBNS Tiltflb Dn 913. 5. adv. in truth, truly yjr 13211; DCS DWK HUT Yahweh is God in truth, truly 54 Je io10; elsewhere nOK3 Ju 915 f 14519 Je 26"1 289 3241. tn.pDM n.m. artificer, architect, master- workman, as firm and sure in his workman- ship : ftoK *DXK rvnK} / Was at his side architect, master-workman (® <3 93 Ges Ew De MV RV, > foster-son AE Ki AV) PrS30; ftoKH "OT res< o//A« master-workmen Je 5215 (Hi Gf De RVm, but rest of the multitude Ges MV RV et al., J1DM = pen) — 1. jiON v. supr. p. 51. till. pT2N n.pr.m. (master -workman) (a) king of Judah 2 K i8192354-25 1 Ch 314 2 Ch 33 "**" Je i2253; (6) captain of a city 1 K 2 2s6 2 Ch 1825; (c) one of the line of Solomon's servants Ne 7S9=,,?N Ezr 2". +p:aN n.pr.m. (faithful) 1. eldest son of David 2S32 i3>*;=}!b*D|« 2Si320;=Jipx iCh 31. 2. a son of Shimon 1 Ch 420. prON dimin., so Ew,ro* cf.W!269,or txt. err.; cf. Dr 2 S 1 3s0, v. fODX. T^jHQN n.pr.m. (irws, fr. rips by adj. affix '.) father of the prophet Jonah 2 K I42S Jon i1. t ftS^n n.pr.m. Heman (failhful,ci. Aram. IP'np, . •ixsotio) a wise man with whom Solomon is compared 1 K 5", where app. son of Mahol (Klo sons of the dance); named with 3 others, one being Ethan the Ezrahite; 1 Ch 26 a Heman is named with same 3+1 other, & all called sons of Zerah of Judah; Heman appears \jr 881 also as the Ezrahite (v. sub mT), cf. Ethan supr.; in other passages Heman is a Levite; specif. Kohathite, son of Joel, called the singer rpf&On) 1 Ch 618 (|| Asaph v24, Ethan v29); Heman, Asaph & Ethan named as the singers (D*T)feton) 1 Ch 151719; cf. Heman & Jeduthun 16414'2 (|| Asaph v37); Heman, Asaph & Jedu- thun 256 2 Ch 512 35'5; elsewhere fO'HI e)DN »jj [VflTl iCh25> cf. v4-4-5-6; PpW »J1 2Ch291'4. (|| nriW ♦2J);_a5« Heman is called !$fn mh D'H^Nn n3Ta (cf. Asaph 2 Ch 2930, Jeduthun 2 Ch 3515). — On question of identity of Heman in these various connections, v. Thes Comm. TjOinO n.pr.m. a eunuch of Ahasuerus (id.; but ® 'Afiav) Est i10. II. [^C«] v. ICJ. t [7't1"] v^- be stout, strong, bold, alert (ace. to LagBN28f- fr. earlier }*? cf. Y®*)— Qal P/ 3 pi. rat?K 2 S2218+ 2 t.;' /wip/ ' rP^.". Gn 25s3; WBJOI 2 Ch 1 318; 7»n«. rP« Jos i7 1 Ch ynN 55 282°; fDKJosi6; )£« Dt 3i7+ 3t.; <X»KDt3i6 + 2t- — 1« be strong, of a people Gna5*(J); of personal enemies 2 S 221B=f 1818; \^ 1427 (all sq. JO of compar.) ; also (without p) prevail