a.man denotes trusting a person or report, and describes persons, words, and houses as dependable or firmly established.

The attested uses chiefly concern trusting a speaker, report, or God; they also describe people, testimony, promises, houses, and provisions as dependable, lasting, or established. A smaller group of participial forms occurs in clauses about bringing up, nursing, or guarding children.

1. Trusting a person, report, or God · dominant

   Hiphil forms occur where people are called to accept what another says or to place trust in a person: in Exodus 4:1 the APB renders Moses' concern that Israel will not "believe me," while Exodus 14:31 describes Israel believing in the LORD and Moses after seeing the event against Egypt. In Genesis 45:26, the same verbal pattern is used when Joseph's father does not accept the report that Joseph lives; 2 Chronicles 20:20 places imperative forms in Jehoshaphat's charge to Judah concerning the LORD and his prophets.

   Exodus 4:1Exodus 14:31Genesis 45:26Deuteronomy 9:23Job 15:152 Chronicles 20:20
2. Dependable or lasting persons, things, and testimony · common

   Niphal participles describe a faithful priest and house in 1 Samuel 2:35, David as faithful in 1 Samuel 22:14, and the LORD as the God who keeps covenant and kindness in Deuteronomy 7:9. The same participial pattern is applied to witnesses in Isaiah 8:2, water described as "sure" in Isaiah 33:16, and covenant kindnesses in Isaiah 55:3; in Jeremiah 42:5 the APB calls the LORD a "true and faithful witness."

   1 Samuel 2:351 Samuel 22:14Deuteronomy 7:9Isaiah 8:2Isaiah 33:16Jeremiah 42:5
3. Being made firm, confirmed, or established · occasional

   Niphal verbal forms concern the securing of what has been spoken or promised: in 1 Chronicles 17:23 the APB renders the request that the word spoken concerning David's house "be established forever," and 1 Kings 8:26 similarly asks that God's word be faithful. In Genesis 42:20, the brothers are told that their words will be "verified," while 2 Samuel 7:16 states that the house and kingdom will be made sure.

   1 Chronicles 17:231 Kings 8:26Genesis 42:202 Samuel 7:162 Chronicles 20:20
4. Bringing up, nursing, or guarding · rare

   Qal active participles appear in domestic or protective settings: in Esther 2:7 the APB says Mordecai "had brought up" Esther and took her as his daughter, and 2 Samuel 4:4 names the woman who picked up Jonathan's son as his nurse. Isaiah 49:23 speaks of kings as foster fathers and queens as nursing mothers; 2 Kings 10:1 addresses Ahab's guardians.

   Esther 2:72 Samuel 4:4Isaiah 49:232 Kings 10:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB uses "believe," "trust," and "faithful" in clauses containing the lemma, and also uses "established," "sure," "verified," "nurse," and "foster fathers" in other contexts. Because the APB translates whole verses rather than marking word-level correspondences, these renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.