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 36:19 - Then said the princes unto Baruch hide thee thou and Jeremiah and let no man know where

  • Jeremiah 36:27 - Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after had burned that the king the roll Then the word wrote which Baruch at the mouth came to Jeremiah saying

  • Jeremiah 36:29 - to Jehoiakim The king of Judah And thou shalt say And thou shalt say the LORD Thou hast burned this roll And thou shalt say Why hast thou written And thou shalt say come come The king of Babylon and destroy this land and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast

  • Jeremiah 36:30 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat in the day to the frost and in the night

  • Jeremiah 37:3 - sent the king And Zedekiah Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest Jeremiah to the prophet saying Pray now unto the LORD our God

  • Jeremiah 37:6 - Then came the word of the LORD Jeremiah unto the prophet saying

  • Jeremiah 37:7 - Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel Thus saith to the king of Judah that sent you unto me to enquire army of me Behold Pharaoh's which is come forth to help you shall return into their own land to Egypt

  • Jeremiah 37:9 - Thus saith the LORD Deceive not yourselves Thus saith shall surely shall surely The Chaldeans shall surely

  • Jeremiah 37:13 - And when he was in the gate of Benjamin a captain of the ward was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah and he took Jeremiah the prophet saying to the Chaldeans Thou fallest away

  • Jeremiah 37:14 - Then said Jeremiah It is false I fall not away to the Chaldeans But he hearkened took not to him so Irijah Jeremiah and brought him to the princes

  • Jeremiah 37:17 - sent and the king Then Zedekiah and took him out asked and the king in his house him secretly and said There is Is there any word from the LORD and said And Jeremiah There is and said into the hand and the king of Babylon he thou shalt be delivered

  • Jeremiah 37:18 - said Moreover Jeremiah unto king Zedekiah What have I offended against thee or against thy servants or against this people that ye have put me in prison

  • Jeremiah 37:19 - Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you saying shall not come The king of Babylon against you nor against this land

  • Jeremiah 38:1 - heard Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan and Gedaliah the son and Pashur and Jucal the son of Shelemiah and Pashur the son of Malchiah the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people saying

  • Jeremiah 38:2 - Thus saith the LORD He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans and shall live for he shall have his life for a prey and shall live

  • Jeremiah 38:3 - Thus saith the LORD be given be given This city into the hand army of the king of Babylon's which shall take

  • Jeremiah 38:4 - said Therefore the princes unto the king be put to death We beseech thee let this man for thus he weakeneth and the hands We beseech thee let this man of war that remain in this city and the hands of all the people in speaking such words We beseech thee let this man seeketh not the welfare of all the people but the hurt

  • Jeremiah 38:5 - said for the king Then Zedekiah Behold he is in your hand for the king is not he that can do any thing

  • Jeremiah 38:8 - went forth Ebedmelech house out of the king's and spake out of the king's saying

  • Jeremiah 38:10 - commanded Then the king Ebedmelech the Ethiopian saying Take with thee from hence thirty and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he die