On the board:

What is faith?

Heb 11:6

Hab 2:4

Faith G4102 n. fem.

Persuasion, that is credence; moral conviction; assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity

belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) in someone

Fr. persuaded G3982 prim. vb

to convince, to pacify or conciliate (to pacify or quiet an accusing conscience, “our heart”),

to assent to evidence or authority, to rely by inward certainty: – agree, assure, believe, have confidence, obey, persuade, trust, yield

persuade, to seek to win one, strive to please one, be persuaded, to believe, to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with, to trust, have confidence, be confident

Faith H530 Emunah n. fem.

Lit. firmness; fig. security; moral fidelity: faith, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, stability, steady, truth, truly, verily, steadfastness, steadiness

Fr. faithful H529 Emun n. masc.

established, that is, fig. trusty, trustworthiness: faith, faithful, truth, trusting

Pro 13:17, 20:6, Deut 32:20, Isa 26:2

Fr. believe/faithful H539 prim. root.

To build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; fig. to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, be faithful of long continuance, steadfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified, nurse, nursing father, trust

To support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish, pillars, supporters of the door, to be established, be faithful, be carried by a nurse, lasting, reliable, to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in, stand firm

Emunah – Faith

Aleph – pictograph of an ox head (numeric no. 1)

Power, authority, strength, chief, leader, strong,

Symbolizes oneness and unity

Mem – pictograph of water/waves (numeric no. 40 and 13th letter of the alphabet)

Water, chaos, mighty, sea, the unknown, many, people, drink

• used as a question word: who, what, when, where, why and how

Vav – pictograph of a hook (numeric no. 6)

And, with, to join things together, add, secure, hook

Nun – pictograph of a spouting seed (numeric no. 50)

Continue, heir, son, offspring

Hey – pictograph of a man with arms raised (numeric no. 5)

Look, Lo, behold, the, this, reveal, man, mankind, existence, Life, breath