Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H559: אָמַר (ʼâmar) Definition

Strong's number
H559
Lemma
אָמַר
Transliteration
ʼâmar
Pronunciation
aw-mar'
Strong's definition
to say (used with great latitude) answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet. a primitive root;

4308 instances of the word אָמַר ʼâmar (H559)


  • Genesis 1:29 - said And God Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth and every tree in the which is the fruit and every tree bearing seed to you it shall be for meat

  • Genesis 2:16 - commanded And the LORD God the man saying Of every tree of the garden eat eat

  • Genesis 2:18 - said And the LORD God It is not good should be that the man alone I will make him an help meet

  • Genesis 2:23 - said And Adam This is now bone bone and flesh and flesh This shall be called Woman out of Man she was taken This

  • Genesis 3:1 - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field had made which the LORD God And he said unto the woman Yea And he said God Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden

  • Genesis 3:2 - said And the woman unto the serpent of the fruit of the trees of the garden We may eat

  • Genesis 3:3 - But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden hath said God Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it lest ye die

  • Genesis 3:4 - said And the serpent unto the woman Ye shall not surely Ye shall not surely

  • Genesis 3:9 - called And the LORD God unto Adam and said unto him Where art thou

  • Genesis 3:10 - And he said thy voice I heard in the garden and I was afraid was naked because I and I hid myself

  • Genesis 3:11 - And he said Who told thee that thou wast naked of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not Hast thou eaten Hast thou eaten

  • Genesis 3:12 - said And the man The woman gave to be with me she gave me of the tree and I did eat

  • Genesis 3:13 - said And the LORD God And the woman What is this that thou hast done said And the woman The serpent beguiled me and I did eat

  • Genesis 3:14 - said And the LORD God unto the serpent hast done this thou art cursed Because thou above all cattle and above every beast of the field upon thy belly and dust shalt thou eat all the days and above every beast

  • Genesis 3:16 - Unto the woman he said I will greatly I will greatly thy sorrow and thy conception in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children shall be to thy husband and thy desire and he shall rule

  • Genesis 3:17 - And unto Adam he said Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife Thou shalt not eat of the tree of which I commanded thee he said Thou shalt not eat of it cursed is the ground for thy sake in sorrow Thou shalt not eat of it all the days of thy life

  • Genesis 3:22 - said And the LORD God Behold the man is become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live for ever

  • Genesis 4:1 - And Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived and bare Cain and said I have gotten a man from the LORD

  • Genesis 4:6 - said And the LORD unto Cain Why art thou wroth fallen and why is thy countenance

  • Genesis 4:8 - talked And Cain against Abel his brother and it came to pass when they were in the field rose up And Cain against Abel his brother and slew him