King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H982
Transliteration: batach
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-takh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to trust
Meaning: to trust, be confident, sure
Word Summary
batach: to trust
Original Word: בָּטחTransliteration: batach
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-takh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to trust
Meaning: to trust, be confident, sure
Strong's Concordance
be bold confident, secure, sure, careless one, put confidence, make to hope, put, A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as chacah); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure -- be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
see HEBREW chacah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H982. batach
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 Psalm 28:7 35t.; Imperfect יִבְּטַח Job 40:23 27t.; Imperative בְּטַח Psalm 37:3 8t.; Infinitive abs בָּטוֺחַ Isaiah 59:4, construct בְּטֹחַ Psalm 118:8 2t.; Participle בֹּטֵחַ 21:8 35t.; passive בָּטוּחַ 112:7; Isaiah 26:3.
I. trust.
1 absolute Isaiah 12:2.
2 with cognate accusative בטחת אשׁר הזה הבטחון מה what is this trust that thou dost trust ? 2 Kings 18:19 = Isaiah 36:4.
3 with בְּ trust in —
a. God 2 Kings 18:5; 19:10; 1 Chronicles 5:20; Psalm 9:11; 21:8; 22:5; 22:6; 25:2; 26:1; 28:7; 32:10; 37:3; 40:4; Psalm 55:24; 56:5; 56:12; 62:9; Psalm 84:13; 91:2; 112:7; 115:9; 115:10; 115:11; 125:1; 143:8; Proverbs 16:20; 29:25; Isaiah 26:3-4, 37:10; Jeremiah 17:7; 39:18; Zephaniah 3:2.
b. persons Judges 9:26; Psalm 41:10; 118:8; 118:9; 146:3; Proverbs 31:11; Jeremiah 17:5; 46:25; Micah 7:5.
c. things Deuteronomy 28:32; Job 39:11; Psalm 27:3; 44:7; 52:9; 62:11; 115:8; 135:18; Proverbs 11:28; 28:26; Isaiah 30:12; 42:17; 47:10; Jeremiah 5:17; 7:14; 12:5; 13:25; 48:7; 49:4; Ezekiel 16:15; Hosea 10:13; Amos 6:1.
d. in the name of Gos Psalm Amos 33:21; Isaiah 5:10; mercy of God Psalm 13:6; Psalm 52:10; word of God 119:42; salvation of God 78:22.
4 with עַל, trust or rely upon —
a. God Psalm 31:15; 37:5; Proverbs 28:25; Jeremiah 49:11.
b. persons 2 Kings 18:20-21, 24 = Isaiah 36:5; 36:6; 36:9; Jeremiah 9:3.
c. things 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6; 2 Chronicles 32:10; Psalm 49:7; Isaiah 31:1; 59:4; Ezekiel 33:13; Habakkuk 2:18.
5 with אֶל trust to —
a. God 2 Kings 18:22 (= Isaiah 36:7) Psalm 4:6; 31:7; 56:4; 86:2; Proverbs 3:5.
b. persons Judges 20:36.
c. things Jeremiah 7:4 (= דבר על 7:8).
II. be confident Job 6:20; 40:23; Proverbs 14:16; יִבְטַח כִּכְפִיר צַדִּיקִים the righteous are bold as a lion 28:1; secure Job 11:18; Proverbs 11:15; בֹּטֵחַ עַם a people secure Judges 18:7, 10, 27; בֹּטְחוֺת בָּנוֺת careless daughters,, (women) Isaiah 32:9 compare 32:10; 32:11.
Hiph`il Perfect הִבְטַחְתָּ Jeremiah 28:15; Imperfect יַבְטַח Isaiah 36:15 2t.; Participle מַבְטִיחִי Psalm 22:10; cause to trust, make secure, absolute 22:10; with עַל Jeremiah 28:15; 29:31; with אֶל 2 Kings 18:30 = Isaiah 36:15.