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 24:23 - And said daughter Whose art thou tell me I pray thee is there house in thy father's room for us to lodge in

  • Genesis 24:24 - And she said unto him I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor

  • Genesis 24:25 - She said and straw and and provender enough and room to lodge in

  • Genesis 24:27 - And he said Blessed be the LORD God my master Abraham who hath not left destitute of his mercy and his truth my master I being in the way led me be the LORD to the house brethren my master

  • Genesis 24:30 - And it came to pass when he saw the earring and bracelets by hands his sister and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying Thus spake the man unto me that he came the man and behold he stood by the camels by at the well

  • Genesis 24:31 - And he said Come in thou blessed of the LORD wherefore standest thou without for I have prepared the house and room for the camels

  • Genesis 24:33 - meat before him I will not eat And he said I will not eat Speak on mine errand And he said Speak on

  • Genesis 24:34 - And he said servant I am Abraham's

  • Genesis 24:37 - made me swear And my master saying Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites I dwell in whose land

  • Genesis 24:39 - And I said unto my master Peradventure the woman

  • Genesis 24:40 - And he said unto me The LORD whom I walk before will send his angel with thee and prosper thy way and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred house and of my father's

  • Genesis 24:42 - And I came this day unto the well and said O LORD God of my master Abraham if now thou do prosper my way which I go

  • Genesis 24:43 - Behold I stand by the well of water and it shall come to pass that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water and I say to drink I pray thee a little of water of thy pitcher

  • Genesis 24:44 - And she say to me Both drink for thy camels thou and I will also draw let the same be the woman hath appointed out whom the LORD son for my master's

  • Genesis 24:45 - And before I had done speaking in mine heart behold Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder and she went down unto the well and drew water and I said unto her Let me drink

  • Genesis 24:46 - And she made haste and let down her pitcher from her shoulder and said Drink the camels and I will give Drink the camels and I will give

  • Genesis 24:47 - And I asked art thou And she said The daughter art thou And she said The daughter of Bethuel son Nahor's bare whom Milcah unto him and I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon her hands

  • Genesis 24:50 - answered Then Laban and Bethuel and said from the LORD proceedeth The thing we cannot speak unto thee bad or good

  • Genesis 24:54 - And they did eat and drink that were with him and tarried all night and they rose up in the morning and he said Send me away unto my master

  • Genesis 24:55 - said And her brother and her mother abide Let the damsel with us a few days at the least ten after