Definition
a primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Traditional renderings: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Traditional renderings: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
120 total
- Deuteronomy 28:52בֹּטֵ֥חַ · trustThey will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
- Judges 9:26וַיִּבְטְחוּ־ · put their confidenceMeanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- Judges 18:7וּבֹטֵ֗חַ · and unsuspectingSo the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Judges 18:10בֹּטֵ֗חַ · an unsuspectingWhen you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
- Judges 18:27וּבֹטֵ֔חַ · and unsuspectingAfter they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
- Judges 20:36בָֽטְחוּ֙ · they were relyingThen the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
- 2 Kings 18:5בָּטָ֑ח · Hezekiah trustedHezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
- 2 Kings 18:19בָּטָֽחְתָּ׃ · is the basisThe Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
- 2 Kings 18:20בָטַ֔חְתָּ · trustingYou claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- 2 Kings 18:21בָטַ֣חְתָּ · you are trusting; הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים · who trustLook now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- 2 Kings 18:22בָּטָ֑חְנוּ · We trustBut if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
- 2 Kings 18:24וַתִּבְטַ֤ח · when you dependFor how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
- 2 Kings 18:30יַבְטַ֨ח · persuade you to trustDo not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- 2 Kings 19:10בֹּטֵ֥חַ · trust“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20בָ֥טְחוּ · they put their trustAnd because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
- 2 Chronicles 32:10בֹּטְחִ֔ים · confidence“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
- Job 6:20בָטָ֑ח · they had hopedThey are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- Job 11:18וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּ · You will be secureYou will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- Job 39:11הֲֽתִבְטַח־ · Can you relyCan you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
- Job 40:23יִבְטַ֓ח׀ · he remains secureThough the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
- Psalm 4:5וּ֝בִטְח֗וּ · and trustOffer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
- Psalm 9:10וְיִבְטְח֣וּ · trustThose who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- Psalm 13:5בָטַחְתִּי֮ · have trustedBut I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalm 21:7בֹּטֵ֣חַ · trustsFor the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
- Psalm 22:4בָּטְח֣וּ · trusted; בָּ֝טְח֗וּ · they trustedIn You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- Psalm 22:5בָטְח֣וּ · they trustedThey cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
- Psalm 22:9מַ֝בְטִיחִ֗י · You made me secureYet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
- Psalm 25:2בָ֭טַחְתִּי · I trust…in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Psalm 26:1בָּ֝טַ֗חְתִּי · I have trustedOf David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Psalm 27:3בוֹטֵֽחַ׃ · will keep my trustThough an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
- Psalm 28:7בָטַ֥ח · trustsThe LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- Psalm 31:6בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃ · trustI hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- Psalm 31:14בָטַ֣חְתִּי · trustBut I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
- Psalm 32:10וְהַבּוֹטֵ֥חַ · who trustsMany are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
- Psalm 33:21בָטָֽחְנוּ׃ · we trustFor our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.
- Psalm 37:3בְּטַ֣ח · TrustTrust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalm 37:5וּבְטַ֥ח · trustCommit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- Psalm 40:3וְ֝יִבְטְח֗וּ · and put their trustHe put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Psalm 41:9בָּטַ֣חְתִּי · I trustedEven my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalm 44:6אֶבְטָ֑ח · trustFor I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
- Psalm 49:6הַבֹּטְחִ֥ים · They trustThey trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalm 52:7וַ֭יִּבְטַח · but trusted“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalm 52:8בָּטַ֥חְתִּי · I trustBut I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Psalm 55:23אֶבְטַח־ · will trustBut You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Psalm 56:3אֶבְטָֽח׃ · put my trustWhen I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- Psalm 56:4בָּ֭טַחְתִּי · I trustIn God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalm 56:11בָּ֭טַחְתִּי · I trust…in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalm 62:8בִּטְח֘וּ · TrustTrust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah