אָמַן
aman
confirm
Strong's H539VerbHebrewTWOT 116Covenant

אָמַן (aman) is a Hebrew verb meaning confirm. It appears 108 times in 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H539).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 116)

Range of meaning (TWOT 116)confirm, support; nourish, foster-father, foster-mother, nurse, pillars, supporters of the door; carried by nurse, made firm, sure, lasting, established, verified, reliable, faithful, trusty; stand firm, trust, believe; build up…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָמַן verb: confirm, support

Strong's H539 אָמַן: properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain
KJV:hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.

Strong's H547 אֹמְנָה: a column
KJV:pillar.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 15:6Exodus 4:1Numbers 11:12

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