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;
Nehemiah 5:3 - Some also there were that said our lands vineyards and houses We have mortgaged that we might buy corn because of the dearth
Nehemiah 5:4 - There were also that said We have borrowed money tribute for the king's and that upon our lands and vineyards
Nehemiah 5:7 - Then I consulted with myself and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers and said usury every one of his brother And I set assembly a great
Nehemiah 5:8 - And I said have redeemed our brethren the Jews and will ye even sell unto the heathen unto them We after our ability and will ye even sell our brethren and will ye even sell unto us Then held they their peace and found
Nehemiah 5:9 - Also I said It is not good that ye do in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies
Nehemiah 5:12 - Then said they We will restore them and will require nothing of them so will we do Then said Then I called the priests and took an oath nothing of them so will we do according to this promise
Nehemiah 5:13 - my lap Also I shook and said Also I shook So God every man that performeth according to this promise from his house and from his labour Also I shook and emptied and said And all the congregation Amen and praised the LORD did And the people according to this promise
Nehemiah 6:2 - sent That Sanballat and Geshem unto me saying let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono But they thought to do me mischief
Nehemiah 6:3 - And I sent messengers unto them saying why should the work a great I am doing so that I cannot come down cease why should the work whilst I leave come down
Nehemiah 6:6 - Wherein was written among the heathen It is reported and Gashmu saith it that thou and the Jews think to rebel for which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayest be their king according to these words
Nehemiah 6:7 - prophets And thou hast also appointed to preach of thee at Jerusalem saying There is a king in Judah and now shall it be reported There is a king according to these words now therefore and let us take counsel together
Nehemiah 6:8 - Then I sent as thou sayest There are no such things as thou sayest them out of thine own heart but thou feignest
Nehemiah 6:9 - For they all made us afraid saying shall be weakened Their hands from the work that it be not done Now therefore O God strengthen Their hands
Nehemiah 6:10 - Afterward I came in the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel who was shut up and he said Let us meet together in the house of God within of the temple and let us shut the doors of the temple Afterward I came to slay thee yea in the night Afterward I came to slay
Nehemiah 6:11 - And I said a man Should such as I flee Should such I will not go in into the temple to save his life I will not go in
Nehemiah 6:19 - his good deeds Also they reported before my words me and uttered letters sent to him And Tobiah to put me in fear
Nehemiah 7:3 - And I said be opened unto them Let not the gates of Jerusalem be hot until the sun and while they stand by let them shut the doors and bar and while they stand by watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem and every one in his watch and every one to be over against his house
Nehemiah 7:65 - said And the Tirshatha unto them that they should not eat holy things holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim
Nehemiah 8:1 - gathered themselves together And all the people man as one into the street that was before gate the water and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses had commanded which the LORD to Israel
Nehemiah 8:9 - said And Nehemiah which is the Tirshatha and Ezra the priest the scribe and the Levites that taught For all the people For all the people This day is holy unto the LORD your God mourn not nor weep not nor weep For all the people when they heard the words of the law