# bitachon (בִּטָּחוֹן)

pronounced: bi-ta-KHON


**Trust, confidence — in Jewish teaching, reliance on God’s care lived out while the answer is still unknown**

## In Scripture

> Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
> — 2 Kings 18:19 (The envoy’s question names the confidence Hezekiah rests on.)

> Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
> — Isaiah 36:4 (The same scene as recorded by Isaiah, word for word.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/bitachon/