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faithful

Meaning of “faithful”

Sense 1: Trustworthy, dependable, steadfast, loyal, true, or consistent in keeping word, covenant, duty, witness, or service. Sense 2: Believing.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
82 occurrences78 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 12:7

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Numbers 12:7
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 12:7 · retained source text

My seruant Moses is not so, who is faithfull in all mine house.

1611 marginal noteHebr. 3.2.

Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:9 · retained source text

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithfull God, which keepeth Couenant and Mercy with them that loue him, and keepe his Commandements, to a thousand generations;

1 Samuel 2:35
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:35 · retained source text

And I will raise me vp a faithfull Priest, that shall doe according to that which is in my heart and in my mind, and I will build him a sure house, and hee shall walke before mine Anointed for euer.

1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 22:14 · retained source text

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithfull among all thy seruants, as Dauid, which is the kings sonne in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

2 Samuel 20:19
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:19 · retained source text

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithfull in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: Why wilt thou swallow vp the inheritance of the LORD?

Nehemiah 7:2
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:2 · retained source text

That I gaue my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge ouer Ierusalem (for hee was a faithfull man, and feared God aboue many.)

Nehemiah 9:8
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:8 · retained source text

And foundest his heart faithfull before thee, & madest a couenant with him, to giue the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Iebusites, and the Girgashites, to giue it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous,

1611 marginal noteGen. 15.6.

1611 marginal noteGen. 12.17. and 15.18. & 17.9.

Nehemiah 13:13
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:13 · retained source text

And I made treasurers ouer the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Leuites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the sonne of Zaccur, the sonne of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithfull, and their office was to distribute vnto their brethren.

1611 marginal noteHebr. at their hand.

1611 marginal noteHeb. it was vpon them.

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Firmly adhering to duty or truth; loyal; exact; faithful in religion.

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