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faith = אמונה (emunah)

FAITH- The Hebrew word for faith is אמונה(emunah - Strong's #530) and is an action oriented word meaning "support". This is important because the Western concept of faith places the action on the one you have faith in, such as "faith in God". But, the Hebrew word אמונהplaces the action on the one who "supports God". It is not knowing that God will act, but rather I will do what I can to support God. This idea of support for the word emunah can be seen in Exodus 17:12.

But Moses' hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady (emunah)until the going down of the sun.

It is the support/emunah of Aaron and Hur that held of Moses' arms, not the support/emunah of Moses. When we say "I have faith in God", we should be thinking "I will do what I can to support God

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Faith in the Hebrew sense in the Hebrew Scriptures is simply a firm reliance upon God by holding fast to the word of promise, and confidently awaits for its fulfillment even through tribulations. Faith in the New Testament took on a deeper meaning.
אמונה - Emunah is faith in Hebrew
The Hebrew word for faith is 'emunah'. Pronounced e-mu-nah. FAITH- The Hebrew word for faith isאמונה(emunah - Strong's #530) and is an action oriented word meaning "support". This is important because the Western concept of faith places the action on the one you have faith in, such as "faith in God". But, the Hebrew wordאמונהplaces the action on the one who "supports God". It is not knowing that God will act, but rather I will do what I can to support God. This idea of support for the word emunah can be seen in Exodus 17:12.

But Moses' hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady (emunah)until the going down of the sun.

It is the support/emunah of Aaron and Hur that held of Moses' arms, not the support/emunah of Moses. When we say "I have faith in God", we should be thinking "I will do what I can to support God http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/emagazine/014.html

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