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;
1 Kings 18:1 - days And it came to pass after many that the word of the LORD came to Elijah year in the third saying shew thyself unto Ahab and I will send rain upon the earth
1 Kings 18:5 - said And Ahab unto Obadiah into the land unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks peradventure we may find grass alive the horses and mules that we lose not all the beasts
1 Kings 18:7 - And as Obadiah was in the way Elijah met him and he knew him and fell on his face and said Art thou that my lord Elijah
1 Kings 18:8 - And he answered And he answered thy lord Behold Elijah
1 Kings 18:9 - And he said What have I sinned that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay
1 Kings 18:10 - liveth As the LORD thy God there is no and nation of the kingdom whither hath not sent my lord to seek thee and when they said He is not there he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they found
1 Kings 18:11 - And now thou sayest And now thou sayest thy lord Behold Elijah
1 Kings 18:14 - And now thou sayest And now thou sayest thy lord Behold Elijah is here and he shall slay
1 Kings 18:15 - said And Elijah liveth As the LORD of hosts whom I stand before myself unto him to day I will surely shew
1 Kings 18:17 - saw And it came to pass when Ahab Elijah said And it came to pass when Ahab unto him Art thou he that troubleth Israel
1 Kings 18:18 - And he answered I have not troubled Israel house but thou and thy father's in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD Baalim
1 Kings 18:21 - came And Elijah him And the people and said halt How long ye between two opinions if the LORD be God follow him but if Baal answered him And the people him not a word
1 Kings 18:22 - Then said Elijah unto the people I even I only remain a prophet of the LORD a prophet but Baal's are four hundred and fifty men
1 Kings 18:24 - And call on the ~ and the God And call on the ~ of the LORD and the God answered by fire and the God answered And all the people and said It is well spoken
1 Kings 18:25 - said And Elijah unto the prophets of Baal Choose bullock you one for yourselves and dress it first for ye are many and call on the ~ of your gods no fire but put
1 Kings 18:26 - And they took the bullock which was given them and they dressed it and called on the ~ O Baal from morning even until noon saying O Baal hear us But there was no voice us But there was no hear And they leaped upon the altar them and they dressed
1 Kings 18:27 - And it came to pass at noon mocked that Elijah them and said Cry aloud for he is a god either he is talking or he is pursuing or he is in a journey or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked
1 Kings 18:30 - said And Elijah unto all the people Come near Come near unto all the people unto him And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down
1 Kings 18:31 - took And Elijah twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto whom the word of the LORD came saying Israel shall be thy ~
1 Kings 18:33 - And he put and on the wood and cut the bullock in pieces and laid and on the wood and said Fill four barrels with water and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood