Words the Bible translates as security
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- betaḥבֶּטַחsafety: the settled condition of being secure and unafraid
- ma'ozמָעוֹזa place or source of safety and strength: a fortress to shelter behind, or the protection a person leans on for security
- asphaleiaἀσφάλειαsecurity: the state of being safe and impossible to overthrow, whether shut up so firmly nothing can break in or simply out of harm's reach
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- certainty: the firm, well-grounded reliability of a claim or teaching, such that a person can safely rest their confidence on it
- mivtaḥמִבְטָחreliance placed in someone or something, and by extension the thing relied on and the safety it brings
- shalvahשַׁלְוָהundisturbed quiet: the calm of being safe and comfortable with nothing pressing in, a calm Scripture can either bless or condemn
- arubbahעֲרֻבָּהsomething handed over as a guarantee: security put up to back a promise, or a token brought back as proof
- ta'aruvahתַּעֲרֻבָהsecuritynot studied yet
- stērigmosστηριγμόςsecuritynot studied yet
- battuḥotבַּטֻּחוֹתsecuritynot studied yet
- tesumetתְּשׂוּמֶתsecuritynot studied yet
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