Aman (אָמַן, Strong's H539) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as 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;. The King James Bible translates it as 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.

What is the Strong's number for Aman?

The Strong's number for Aman (אָמַן) is H539. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Aman (Strong’s H539): Meaning in the Bible

Aman (אָמַן) is the Hebrew word numbered H539 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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;. In the King James Bible it is translated hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish.

אָמַן

ʼâman · Hebrew

Strong’s H539 · aw-man'

Original wordאָמַן
Transliterationʼâman
Pronunciationaw-man'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH539
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

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;

Derivation. a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541, to go to the right hand)

How the King James Bible translates it

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.

Where Aman appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Aman (H539) stands behind 108 English renderings in 102 verses across 24 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Psalms (17), Isaiah (15), Job (10).

How the King James Bible renders Aman, by count

believed21 of 108 (19 percent)
faithful20 of 108 (19 percent)
believe19 of 108 (18 percent)
sure11 of 108 (10 percent)
established7 of 108 (6 percent)
believeth4 of 108 (4 percent)

Three places to read Aman

Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
2 Kings 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
Psalms 106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Aman in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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