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)


  • Jeremiah 29:4 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel unto all that are carried away captives whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon

  • Jeremiah 29:8 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel of you deceive Let not your prophets that be in the midst and your diviners you neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed

  • Jeremiah 29:10 - For thus saith the LORD That after be accomplished at Babylon seventy years I will visit you and perform word my good toward you in causing you to return to this place

  • Jeremiah 29:15 - Because ye have said hath raised us up The LORD prophets in Babylon

  • Jeremiah 29:16 - Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that dwelleth upon the throne of David and of all the people that dwelleth in this city and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity

  • Jeremiah 29:17 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold I will send upon them the sword the famine and the pestilence and will make them like vile figs that cannot be eaten they are so evil

  • Jeremiah 29:21 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel of Ahab the son of Kolaiah and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah which prophesy unto you in my name a lie Behold I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and he shall slay them before your eyes

  • Jeremiah 29:22 - And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah of Babylon saying make The LORD thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab roasted whom the king of Babylon in the fire

  • Jeremiah 29:24 - to Shemaiah the Nehelamite Thus shalt thou also speak Thus shalt thou also speak

  • Jeremiah 29:25 - Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Thus speaketh Because thou hast sent in thy name letters unto all the people that are at Jerusalem and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah and to all the priests and to all the priests Thus speaketh

  • Jeremiah 29:28 - For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon saying captivity is long This build ye houses and dwell in them and plant gardens and eat the fruit

  • Jeremiah 29:30 - Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah saying

  • Jeremiah 29:31 - Send to all them of the captivity Thus saith Thus saith the LORD Because that Shemaiah the Nehelamite hath prophesied Because that Shemaiah Send him not and he caused you to trust in a lie

  • Jeremiah 29:32 - Therefore thus saith against the LORD Behold I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his seed he shall not have a man to dwell among for my people neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people saith against the LORD rebellion because he hath taught against the LORD

  • Jeremiah 30:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying

  • Jeremiah 30:2 - Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel Thus speaketh Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book

  • Jeremiah 30:3 - For lo the days come saith the LORD and I will cause them to return the captivity of my people Israel and Judah saith the LORD and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers and they shall possess

  • Jeremiah 30:5 - For thus saith the LORD a voice of trembling We have heard of fear and not of peace

  • Jeremiah 30:12 - For thus saith the LORD is incurable Thy bruise is grievous and thy wound

  • Jeremiah 30:18 - Thus saith the LORD Behold I will bring again the captivity tents of Jacob's on his dwellingplaces and have mercy shall be builded and the city upon her own heap and the palace after the manner shall remain