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 24:56 - And he said unto them Hinder me not seeing the LORD hath prospered my way send me away to my master

  • Genesis 24:57 - And they said We will call the damsel and enquire at her mouth

  • Genesis 24:58 - And they called Rebekah And she said with this man And she said

  • Genesis 24:60 - And they blessed Rebekah and said art our sister unto her Thou be thou the mother of thousands of millions possess and let thy seed the gate of those which hate

  • Genesis 24:65 - For she had said And the servant What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us For she had said And the servant It is my master therefore she took a vail and covered herself

  • Genesis 25:22 - struggled together And the children within her and she said If it be so why am I thus to enquire of the LORD

  • Genesis 25:23 - said And the LORD and two manner nations are in thy womb and two manner and the one people from thy bowels shall be separated and the one people and the one people shall be stronger and the elder shall serve the younger

  • Genesis 25:30 - said And Esau to Jacob Feed me I pray thee with red red pottage for I am faint called therefore was his name Edom

  • Genesis 25:31 - said And Jacob Sell me this day thy birthright

  • Genesis 25:32 - said And Esau Behold I am at the point to die and what profit shall this birthright

  • Genesis 25:33 - said And Jacob Swear to me this day Swear unto him and he sold his birthright And Jacob

  • Genesis 26:2 - appeared And the LORD unto him and said Go not down into Egypt dwell in the land unto him and said

  • Genesis 26:7 - asked of the place She is my wife and he said She is my sister for he feared and he said She is my wife should kill of the place me for Rebekah because she was fair to look upon

  • Genesis 26:9 - called And Abimelech And Isaac and how saidst Behold of a surety she is thy wife and how saidst thou She is my sister and how saidst And Isaac and how saidst Lest I die

  • Genesis 26:10 - said And Abimelech What is this thou hast done might lightly have lien unto us one of the people with thy wife and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness

  • Genesis 26:11 - charged And Abimelech all his people saying He that toucheth this man or his wife be put to death be put to death

  • Genesis 26:16 - said And Abimelech unto Isaac mightier from us for thou art much

  • Genesis 26:20 - did strive And the herdmen of Gerar And the herdmen with Isaac's saying The water is ours and he called the name of the well Esek because they strove

  • Genesis 26:22 - And he removed from thence and digged well another and for that they strove not and he called the name of it Rehoboth and he said For now hath made room the LORD for us and we shall be fruitful in the land

  • Genesis 26:24 - appeared And the LORD unto him the same night and said I am the God Abraham's thy father fear not for I am with thee and will bless thee and multiply thy seed Abraham's for my servant