faithful
e.mun describes dependable integrity shown by people, witnesses, messengers, and a nation.
The attested use concerns dependable integrity or loyalty: it is absent from a perverse generation, kept by a righteous nation, and displayed in an envoy, a witness who does not lie, and a person worth finding.
Senses in use
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Dependable integrity and loyalty · dominant
In Deuteronomy 32:20, the singular noun occurs in the description of children in whom the APB renders “there is no faithfulness.” The plural forms describe a righteous nation that keeps this quality in Isaiah 26:2 and contrast a trustworthy envoy, non-lying witness, and hard-to-find person with wickedness, deception, lies, or self-proclaimed kindness in Proverbs 13:17, Proverbs 14:5, and Proverbs 20:6.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “faithfulness” for the generation and nation, and with “faithful” for the envoy, witness, and man. These renderings indicate the clauses' overall presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for each form.