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 15:7 - And he said unto him I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit

  • Genesis 15:8 - And he said Lord whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it

  • Genesis 15:9 - And he said unto him Take me an heifer of three years old and a she goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtledove and a young pigeon

  • Genesis 15:13 - And he said unto Abram Know Know shall be a stranger that thy seed in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them and they shall afflict them four hundred years

  • Genesis 15:18 - day In the same made the LORD with Abram a covenant saying Unto thy seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt from the river unto the great from the river Euphrates

  • Genesis 16:2 - said And Sarai by her And Abram hath restrained me Behold now the LORD from bearing I pray thee go in unto my maid it may be that I may obtain children hearkened by her And Abram to the voice And Sarai

  • Genesis 16:5 - said And Sarai unto Abram My wrong be upon thee I have given my maid into thy bosom and when she saw that she had conceived I was despised in her eyes judge the LORD

  • Genesis 16:6 - said But Abram And when Sarai Behold thy maid is in thy hand do to her as it pleaseth thee dealt hardly with her And when Sarai she fled from her face

  • Genesis 16:8 - And he said Hagar maid Sarai whence camest thou And he said from the face Sarai of my mistress I flee

  • Genesis 16:9 - said And the angel of the LORD unto her Return to thy mistress and submit thyself under her hands

  • Genesis 16:10 - said And the angel of the LORD exceedingly exceedingly thy seed that it shall not be numbered for multitude

  • Genesis 16:11 - said And the angel because the LORD unto her Behold thou art with child and shalt bear a son and shalt call his name Ishmael hath heard because the LORD thy affliction

  • Genesis 16:13 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her Thou God seest me for she said Have I also here looked after him looked

  • Genesis 17:1 - And when Abram old was ninety years and nine years appeared the LORD And when Abram and said God unto him I am the Almighty walk before me and be thou perfect

  • Genesis 17:3 - fell And Abram on his face talked and God with him saying

  • Genesis 17:9 - said And God unto Abraham my covenant Thou shalt keep therefore thou and thy seed after thee in their generations

  • Genesis 17:15 - said And God unto Abraham As for Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call her name As for Sarai but Sarah her name

  • Genesis 17:17 - fell Then Abraham upon his face and laughed and said in his heart old unto him that is an hundred years Shall a child be born and shall Sarah old that is ninety years Shall a child be born

  • Genesis 17:18 - said And Abraham unto God O that Ishmael might live before thee

  • Genesis 17:19 - said And God indeed Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name Isaac and I will establish covenant covenant with him for an everlasting and with his seed after him