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title: מִבְטָח — confidence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִבְטָח (4009), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: confidence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִבְטָח

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«מִבְטָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **confidence** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 4009 · **BDB:** מִבְטָח

### Glosses

of.confidence (7); confidence (2); \[the\].confidence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

confidence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4009/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] confidence Ez 29:16—cstr. מִבְטַח Pr 14:26, מִבְטָח ψ 65:6; sf. מִבְטַחִי Jb 31:24 + 6 times (dag. implicit); מִבְטֶחָם Je 48:13; מִבְטֶחָהֿ Pr 21:22; pl. מִבְטַחִים Is 32:18; מִבְטָחַיִךְ Je 2:37;— the act of confiding Pr 21:22; 22:19; 25:19. the object of confidence Jb 8:14; 18:14; 31:24 ψ 40:5; 65:6; 71:5 Je 2:37; 17:7; 48:13 Ez 29:16. the state of confidence, security Pr 14:26 Is 32:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִבְטָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4009/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.14/)

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אֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* who it.snaps confidence his and \[is.the\].house of.a.spider of.confidence his.object

*JPS 1917:* Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.

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[Proverbs 21:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.22/)

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עִ֣יר גִּ֭בֹּרִים עָלָ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וַ֝יֹּ֗רֶד עֹ֣ז מִבְטֶחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.city of.warriors he.goes.up a.wise.\[person\] and he.brought.down \[the\].strength its.confidence her

*JPS 1917:* A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and bringeth down the stronghold wherein it trusteth.

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