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)


  • 1 Samuel 3:9 - said Therefore Eli So Samuel and lay down and it shall be if he call said Speak LORD heareth for thy servant So Samuel and lay down in his place

  • 1 Samuel 3:10 - came And the LORD and stood and called as at other times as at other times Samuel Samuel answered Samuel Speak heareth for thy servant

  • 1 Samuel 3:11 - said And the LORD to Samuel Behold I will do a thing in Israel of every one that heareth it shall tingle at which both the ears

  • 1 Samuel 3:16 - called Then Eli Samuel And he answered Samuel my son And he answered

  • 1 Samuel 3:17 - And he said What is the thing that he said if thou hide do so it not from me God to thee and more also if thou hide What is the thing What is the thing that he said

  • 1 Samuel 3:18 - told And Samuel him every whit and hid nothing from him And he said It is the LORD him good what seemeth let him do

  • 1 Samuel 4:3 - unto us that when it cometh And when the people into the camp said the elders of Israel smitten Wherefore hath the LORD us to day before the Philistines Let us fetch out of Shiloh the ark of the covenant Wherefore hath the LORD unto us that when it cometh among us it may save us out of the hand of our enemies

  • 1 Samuel 4:6 - heard And when the Philistines What meaneth the noise of the shout they said What meaneth the noise of the shout of this great in the camp of the Hebrews And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come in the camp

  • 1 Samuel 4:7 - were afraid And the Philistines And they said is come God into the camp And they said Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore

  • 1 Samuel 4:14 - heard And when Eli What meaneth the noise of the crying he said What meaneth the noise of this tumult And the man in hastily came and told And when Eli

  • 1 Samuel 4:16 - And he said And the man unto Eli I am he that came out of the army out of the army and I fled to day And he said What is there done my son

  • 1 Samuel 4:17 - answered And the messenger and said is fled Israel before the Philistines slaughter and there hath been also a great among the people and thy two sons are dead also Hophni and Phinehas and the ark of God is taken

  • 1 Samuel 4:21 - And she named the child Ichabod saying is departed The glory from Israel because was taken the ark of God because and because of her father in law and her husband

  • 1 Samuel 4:22 - And she said is departed The glory from Israel is taken for the ark of God

  • 1 Samuel 5:7 - saw And when the men of Ashdod that it was so they said shall not abide The ark of the God of Israel is sore with us for his hand upon us and upon Dagon of the God

  • 1 Samuel 5:8 - They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines And they answered What shall we do Let the ark of the God of Israel And they answered unto Gath And they carried Let the ark of the God of Israel And they carried Let the ark of the God of Israel

  • 1 Samuel 5:10 - Therefore they sent And it came to pass as the ark of God to Ekron came And it came to pass as the ark of God to Ekron cried out that the Ekronites saying They have brought about And it came to pass as the ark of God of Israel to us to slay us and our people

  • 1 Samuel 5:11 - Send away and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said Send away the ark of God of Israel and let it go again to his own place that it slay us not and our people destruction for there was a deadly throughout all the city heavy was very the hand of God

  • 1 Samuel 6:2 - called And the Philistines for the priests and the diviners saying What shall we do to the ark of the LORD tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place

  • 1 Samuel 6:3 - And they said If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel If ye send away it not empty but in any wise but in any wise him a trespass offering then ye shall be healed and it shall be known is not removed to you why his hand