575 occurrences in 13 translations

'Truly' in the Bible

And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainBlood, as symbol of guiltDeath penaltyRevenge, And RetaliationSanctity Of LifeSevenfoldRestraints From KillingMarks On PeopleDeath Penalty For KillingMan AvengingRevenge

And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowRainbow

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In WomenWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureTrust In RelationshipsThe Beauty Of NatureBeing Beautifulsarah

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

Verse ConceptsForeignersOppression, Nature Of100 Years And MoreSojourningSure KnowledgeThose OppressedReckoned As ForeignersGroups Of SlavesStrangers in israelDescendants ofslaveryoppression

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are "God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me."

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

Verse ConceptsBabies, Blessing From GodMothers Of KingsGifts Of GodGod Will BlessOther Gifts Of GodMothers And SonsBabies Being A Blessingsarah

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Number TwelveAbraham, Testing And VictoryAnswered PrayerProsperity PromisedGod Multipling PeopleTwelve BeingsBlessed By GodGod Paid Attention To MeSons Being A Blessingfruitfulness

But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightDeath As PunishmentTransferring WivesDirect Communication Through Dreams

My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAbraham, In SocietySepulchresConsentThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying places

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Verse ConceptsChanging DirectionGiving InformationTurning To Right And Left

And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

Verse ConceptsDistinguishingIs It Really?Contact With People

And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

Verse ConceptsIs It Really?This Is Me

And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

Verse ConceptsFear, Caused ByRising EarlyMorning DevotionsThe Presence Of Godawakening

And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

Verse ConceptsBonesBodyOne MonthSame Bone And Fleshspace

And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

Verse ConceptsUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Doing GoodSand And Gravel

Jacob replied, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then accept my gift [as a blessing] from my hand, for I see your face as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesSmiling

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalBlessings, To AbrahamBodyGod, Power OfProcreationI Am Godfruitfulness

For in fact I was taken (stolen) from the land of the Hebrews by [unlawful] force, and even here I have done nothing for which they should put me in the dungeon.”

Verse ConceptsDungeonsKidnappingImmigrants

Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwicePeople Who Delayed

and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down here the first time to buy food;

Verse ConceptsBuying Food

Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil.

The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesNot Seeing People

Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeSeeing People

And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionKept Alive By MenGroups Of SlavesIndividuals Saving Others

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalEternal Possessionfruitfulness

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before Joseph

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions

For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.

Verse ConceptsAnti semitismOppression, Nature OfVisionCries Of Distress To Godisraeloppression

And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

Verse ConceptsTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithProphetic SignsServanthood, And Worship Of GodSigns From GodWorship, Places OfWorship, Reasons ForGod Will Be With YouWorshipping GodQuestioning GodWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherGod Being With You

Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.

Verse ConceptsFlintForeskinsKnivesSharpnessCovered With BloodSevering Body PartsCare Of FeetWood And Stone

And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

Verse ConceptsMany In Israel

And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesHard LaborGod Remembering His CovenantGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Keeps Covenant

Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.

Verse ConceptsGod's Action TomorrowFoundations Of NationsUnique Things

Then Moses said, “You are correct; I will never see your face again!”

Verse ConceptsPeople PartingNot Seeing People

But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahBlessings, To IsraelCautionGod As EnemyEnemies

“But as for you, say to the Israelites, ‘You shall most certainly observe My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I am the Lord who sanctifies you and sets you apart [for Myself].

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodSabbath ObservedMaking People Holy

"When a person commits a truly treacherous act and sins inadvertently concerning the sacred things of the LORD, then he is to bring a trespass offering to the LORD from the flock as compensation for his guilt. It is to be a ram without defect, estimated as to its value in silver shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Verse ConceptsGuilt OfferingRamsSilverPerfect SacrificesUnintentionalUnfaithful

And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfAbundance, MaterialFoodLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkMilk And Honey

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Verse Conceptsexploring

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Did I not diligently sent unto thee to call for thee? why didst thou not come unto me? am I not truly able to honour thee?'

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleUrgencyWhy Do You Do This?

I saw them from the top of the rocks. I watched them from the hills. Truly this is a people that lives by itself and doesn't matter among the nations.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparation From Evil PeopleA Solitary People

Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchExclusionAncestorsFollowing God

Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,

Verse ConceptsEvil GenerationsExclusion

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

Verse ConceptsFindingRestoration After BackslidingPrayer, Advice For EffectiveReceptivenessRevival, CorporateFinding GodWhole HeartednessSingle Mindedness

"The LORD our God truly has displayed his glory and power, for we heard him from out of the fire today. We have witnessed how God spoke to human beings, yet they lived.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory Of GodGod Appearing In FireLiving Despite God's Presencegreatness

And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Verse ConceptsLaw, OtFractions, One TenthTithesFirst fruitsTithes And Offeringfriendliness

Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?Will God Be Angry?

Truly, my face will be turned away from them in that day, because of all the evil they have done in going after other gods.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfSin, Effects OfDifferent Gods

And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsReward, HumanNegotiationDo Not TellExchange Of Individuals

And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

Verse ConceptsFaintingEasy For PeopleLosing CourageThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Joshua continued, "This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingJerusalem, History OfKnowledge, Of GodArmies, Against IsraelGod Is Among You

He answered, "Truly I am the commander of the Lord's army. Now I have arrived!" Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked, "What does my master want to say to his servant?"

Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, 'Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done;

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsExamples, BadLuxuryReturning To GodAcknowledge, SinConfessionWe Have Sinned

And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.

Verse ConceptsFeetReliabilityEternal PossessionFollowing GodFeet In Action

So Joshua told the tribes of Joseph, which were Ephraim and Manasseh, "You're truly a numerous group, and you have great power. You are not to have only one allotment,

Verse ConceptsMany In IsraelFamily Strength

But truly we have done this out of concern, for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your sons may say to our sons, “What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

Verse ConceptsFuture GenerationsWhat Have We In Common?Worrying About The FutureStruggles In Relationship

Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfOnly One PersonGod With Specific PeopleOvercominggideon

And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

Jephthah made this solemn vow to the LORD: "If you truly give the Ammonites into my control,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or my mother; am I to give it to you?

Verse ConceptsCryingPeople Mourning CatastropheThose Who Did Not TellHating Individuals

Her father said, “I really thought you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not more beautiful than she? Please take her [as your wife] instead.”

Verse ConceptsHating IndividualsTransferring Wives

And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.

Verse ConceptsCessationMan AvengingRevenge

And they said, No; we will take you and give you up into their hands, but truly we will not put you to death. So knotting two new cords round him they took him up from the rock.

Verse ConceptsUnusedTwo Other ThingsTying Up

Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands?

Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfIndividuals Who LiedTying Up

Then Delilah said to Samson, Up to now you have made sport of me with false words; now say truly, how may you be put in bands? And he said to her, If you get the seven twists of my hair worked into the cloth you are making and fixed with the pin, I will become feeble and will be like any other man.

Verse ConceptsSpinning And WeavingTying Updreadlocks

He returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and she said, “I had truly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son (in his name) to make an image [carved from wood and plated with silver] and a cast image [of solid silver]; so now, I will return it to you.”

And Ruth the Moabitess said, Truly, he said to me, Keep near my young men till all my grain is cut.

Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfLiving Together

And now, truly I am one that has the right of redemption, yet there is one that has the right of redemption who is nearer than I.

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsWidows

And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationExamples Of ConsecrationHairsHeadsVowsBirths ForetoldSeparated To GodGod Remembering The NeedyGod As A WarriorGod ReprovingThe Promise Of A Baby

Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.

Verse ConceptsHonorWorthinessDisobedience, To GodHonouring GodMan's Eternal Attributeshonour

If you fear the LORD, serve him, obey him, and don't rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and the king who rules over you will truly follow the LORD your God.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodReverence To GodFollowing GodFear God!Obeying God

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessServingServing Godreassurance

And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExterminationWe Obey

Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

Verse ConceptsOptimismNot DyingDeath AvertedBitterness

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfThe Frailty Of ManThose Who Did Not TellDeath Of A Father

David answered the priest, “Be assured that women have been kept from us in these three days since I set out, and the bodies of the young men were consecrated (ceremonially clean), although it was an ordinary (unconsecrated) journey; so how much more will their vessels be holy today?”

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All Males

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
believe , commit unto , commit to trust , be committed unto , be put in trust with , be commit to one's trust , believer
Usage: 163

אוּלם 
'uwlam 
but , but truly , surely , very deed , howbeit , wherefore , truly , not translated
Usage: 18

ἀληθεύω 
Aletheuo 
tell the truth , speak the truth
Usage: 2

σαλπίζω 
Salpizo 
Usage: 11

אכן 
'aken 
Usage: 18

אמוּן 
'emuwn 
Usage: 5

אמנה אמוּנה 
'emuwnah 
Usage: 49

אמן 
'aman 
Usage: 108

אמנם 
'omnam 
Usage: 8

אמת 
'emeth 
Usage: 127

בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

גּלל 
Galal 
Usage: 18

חסה 
Chacah 
to trust , to make a refuge , have hope
Usage: 37

חסוּת 
Chacuwth 
Usage: 1

חצצרה 
Chatsots@rah 
Usage: 29

חצרר חצצר חצר 
Chatsar 
Usage: 6

יבל יובל 
Yowbel 
Usage: 27

יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

יצב 
Y@tseb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

יצּיב 
Yatstsiyb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

מבטח 
Mibtach 
Usage: 15

מחסה מחסה 
Machaceh 
Usage: 20

עשׂר 
`asar 
Usage: 9

צדא 
Ts@da' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

קשׁט קשׁוט 
Q@showt (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

קשׁט קשׁט 
Qoshet 
Usage: 2

רחץ 
R@chats (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

שׁפר שׁופר 
Showphar 
Usage: 72

תּקוע 
Taqowa` 
Usage: 1

ἀλήθεια 
Aletheia 
truth , truly 99 , true , verity
Usage: 87

ἀληθής 
Alethes 
Usage: 17

ἀληθινός 
Alethinos 
Usage: 16

ἀληθῶς 
Alethos 
of a truth , indeed , surely , truly , very ,
Usage: 13

ἄσπονδος 
Aspondos 
Usage: 2

γνήσιος 
Gnesios 
Usage: 4

ἐλπίζω 
Elpizo 
Usage: 29

μέν 
men 
indeed , verily , truly , not tr ,
Usage: 63

ναί 
Nai 
yea , even so , yes , truth , verily , surely
Usage: 24

ὄντως 
Ontos 
Usage: 9

παρακαταθήκη 
Parakatatheke 
Usage: 2

πείθω 
Peitho 
Usage: 52

πεποίθησις 
Pepoithesis 
Usage: 6

πιστός 
Pistos 
Usage: 51

προελπίζω 
Proelpizo 
Usage: 1

σάλπιγξ 
Salpigx 
Usage: 10

σαλπιστής 
Salpistes 
Usage: 1

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