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 20:16 - And unto Sarah he said Behold I have given a thousand pieces of silver thy brother behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee and with all other thus she was reproved

  • Genesis 21:1 - And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said did And the LORD Sarah as he had spoken

  • Genesis 21:6 - said And Sarah me to laugh hath made God so that all that hear will laugh

  • Genesis 21:7 - And she said Who would have said unto Abraham suck him a son that Sarah for I have born him a son in his old age

  • Genesis 21:10 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham Cast out of this bondwoman and her son shall not be heir and her son of this bondwoman and her son even with Isaac

  • Genesis 21:12 - hath said And God unto Abraham in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy bondwoman hath said in all that Sarah unto thee hearken unto her voice for in Isaac be called shall thy seed

  • Genesis 21:16 - And she sat over against him a good way off as it were a bowshot for she said Let me not see the death of the child And she sat over against over against him and lift up her voice and wept

  • Genesis 21:17 - hath heard And God the voice of the lad called and the angel And God to Hagar out of heaven and said to Hagar fear hath heard And God the voice of the lad

  • Genesis 21:22 - And it came to pass at that time saying that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host unto Abraham saying God is with thee in all that thou doest

  • Genesis 21:24 - said And Abraham I will swear

  • Genesis 21:26 - said And Abimelech me neither I wot not who hath done this thing me neither didst thou tell me neither yet heard I of it but to day

  • Genesis 21:29 - said And Abimelech unto Abraham mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set

  • Genesis 21:30 - And he said For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well

  • Genesis 22:1 - And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham and he said Abraham and he said

  • Genesis 22:2 - And he said Take now thy son thine only whom thou lovest son Isaac into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains And he said

  • Genesis 22:3 - rose up early And Abraham in the morning and saddled his ass and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son and clave the wood for the burnt offering and rose up unto the place had told of which God

  • Genesis 22:5 - said And Abraham and I and the lad Abide ye here with the ass and I and the lad yonder and worship and come again

  • Genesis 22:7 - And he said And Isaac unto Abraham My father And he said My father And he said Here am I my son And he said Behold the fire and the wood but where is the lamb for a burnt offering

  • Genesis 22:8 - said And Abraham God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering My son both of them together

  • Genesis 22:9 - And they came to the place had told which God built him of and Abraham an altar in order the wood and bound Isaac his son and laid an altar upon the wood