miv.tach denotes confidence or security, whether placed in the LORD, people, wealth, or a place of strength.

The term most often marks confidence placed in a person, deity, wealth, or other support, whether such reliance is commended or exposed as misplaced. It also occurs for security or strength associated with dwellings, a tent, a city, or a nation.

1. Confidence placed in a support · dominant

   The construct singular form occurs where confidence is directed toward or identified with a support: in Jeremiah 17:7 the APB renders the clause "whose confidence is the LORD," while Proverbs 22:19 speaks of trust being in the LORD. The same use can be negative or precarious: Job 31:24 names gold as the object of confidence, Jeremiah 2:37 concerns those in whom the people trust, and Proverbs 25:19 compares confidence in a treacherous person during distress to damaged footing.

   Jeremiah 17:7Proverbs 22:19Job 31:24Jeremiah 2:37Proverbs 25:19Psalm 71:5
2. Security or strength that can be lost · common

   In contexts of places and collective security, the noun names a condition or source of safety and strength. Job 18:14 has a person torn from the security of his tent, Proverbs 21:22 describes bringing down a city's strength, and Ezekiel 29:16 says that Egypt will no longer be confidence for Israel; Isaiah 32:18 places the plural form amid secure dwellings and quiet resting places.

   Job 18:14Proverbs 21:22Ezekiel 29:16Isaiah 32:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "confidence" or "trust," and in place-related contexts with "security" or "strength." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses' overall presentation rather than fixed equivalents.