H982: בָּטַח
bâṭach · pronounced baw-takh' · “to trust”
Definition
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV translates it as: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Word origin: a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620 (חָסָה));
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to trust, trust in
1a2) to have confidence, be confident
1a3) to be bold
1a4) to be secure
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to trust, make secure
2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H982 is translated
- trust ×8
- they trusted ×7
- you trust ×6
- are trusting ×5
- i have trusted ×5
- i trust ×5
- one who trusts ×5
- secure ×3
- you rely ×3
- we trust ×3
- is trusting ×3
- i will trust ×3
Bible verses with H982 (bâṭach)
Bâṭach appears in 117 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Deuteronomy 28:52
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
- Judges 9:26
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
- Judges 18:10
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
- Judges 18:27
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
- Judges 20:36
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
- 2 Kings 18:5
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
- 2 Kings 18:19
And Rab–shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
- 2 Kings 18:20
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
- 2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
- 2 Kings 18:22
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
- 2 Kings 18:24
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
- 2 Kings 18:30
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 19:10
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:10
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
- Job 6:20
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
- Job 11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
- Job 39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
- Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
- Psalms 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
- Psalms 9:10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
- Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- Psalms 21:7
For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
- Psalms 22:4
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
All 117 references
- Psalms 22:5
- Psalms 22:9
- Psalms 25:2
- Psalms 26:1
- Psalms 27:3
- Psalms 28:7
- Psalms 31:6
- Psalms 31:14
- Psalms 32:10
- Psalms 33:21
- Psalms 37:3
- Psalms 37:5
- Psalms 40:3
- Psalms 41:9
- Psalms 44:6
- Psalms 49:6
- Psalms 52:7
- Psalms 52:8
- Psalms 55:23
- Psalms 56:3
- Psalms 56:4
- Psalms 56:11
- Psalms 62:8
- Psalms 62:10
- Psalms 78:22
- Psalms 84:12
- Psalms 86:2
- Psalms 91:2
- Psalms 112:7
- Psalms 115:8
- Psalms 115:9
- Psalms 115:10
- Psalms 115:11
- Psalms 118:8
- Psalms 118:9
- Psalms 119:42
- Psalms 125:1
- Psalms 135:18
- Psalms 143:8
- Psalms 146:3
- Proverbs 3:5
- Proverbs 11:15
- Proverbs 11:28
- Proverbs 14:16
- Proverbs 16:20
- Proverbs 28:1
- Proverbs 28:25
- Proverbs 28:26
- Proverbs 29:25
- Proverbs 31:11
- Isaiah 12:2
- Isaiah 26:3
- Isaiah 26:4
- Isaiah 30:12
- Isaiah 31:1
- Isaiah 32:9
- Isaiah 32:10
- Isaiah 32:11
- Isaiah 36:4
- Isaiah 36:5
- Isaiah 36:6
- Isaiah 36:7
- Isaiah 36:9
- Isaiah 36:15
- Isaiah 37:10
- Isaiah 42:17
- Isaiah 47:10
- Isaiah 50:10
- Isaiah 59:4
- Jeremiah 5:17
- Jeremiah 7:4
- Jeremiah 7:8
- Jeremiah 7:14
- Jeremiah 9:4
- Jeremiah 12:5
- Jeremiah 13:25
- Jeremiah 17:5
- Jeremiah 17:7
- Jeremiah 28:15
- Jeremiah 29:31
- Jeremiah 39:18
- Jeremiah 46:25
- Jeremiah 48:7
- Jeremiah 49:4
- Jeremiah 49:11
- Ezekiel 16:15
- Ezekiel 33:13
- Hosea 10:13
- Amos 6:1
- Micah 7:5
- Habakkuk 2:18
- Zephaniah 3:2