Five Hebrew Words for Faith - Generation Word



Five Hebrew Words for Faith

1. Prop – Genesis 15:6, the word for “amen.” It means to use God as a prop. To use God as a foundation or to lean on him. Proverbs 3:5,6

2. Slam – Psalm 37:3, the word translated “faith” or “trust.” His Hebrew word originally used for two wrestlers grappling when finally one is picked up by the other and slammed down. It began to mean “pick up your troubles and problems and slam them on the Lord.” 1 Peter 5:7

3. Flee – Psalm 57:1, used to say “flee like a rabbit.” The image is of a rabbit fleeing from a large predator. The rabbit does not stay and fight but instead flees.

Psalm 56:3,4

4. Withstand – Job 13:15; Habakkuk 3:17-18; Daniel 3:17-18, means to trust God through extreme pain.

5. Hang On – Isaiah 40:31, “Those who hope in the Lord . . .” This word was originally used in making rope and referred to tying small strands of fiber together. The “faint” (weary, tired, stumble and fall) are hanging on to a single small strand but they need to “hope” or begin to tie into their being the strands of rope which are the promises of God until they are a thick, strong, unbreakable rope that will “hang on” until God come. Isaiah 49:23 - “Those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

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