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 15:14 - said And Samuel What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears What meaneth then this bleating of the oxen which I hear

  • 1 Samuel 15:15 - said And Saul them from the Amalekites They have brought spared for the people the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God and the rest we have utterly destroyed

  • 1 Samuel 15:16 - And he said Then Samuel unto Saul Stay and I will tell hath said thee what the LORD to me this night And he said hath said

  • 1 Samuel 15:17 - said And Samuel When thou wast little in thine own sight wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel anointed and the LORD thee king of Israel

  • 1 Samuel 15:18 - sent And the LORD thee on a journey and said and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites and fight against them until they be consumed

  • 1 Samuel 15:20 - said And Saul unto Samuel Yea I have obeyed the voice of the LORD the way sent of the LORD me and have brought Agag the king of Amalek of Amalek and have utterly destroyed

  • 1 Samuel 15:22 - said And Samuel as great delight Hath the LORD in burnt offerings and sacrifices Behold to obey the voice Hath the LORD Behold to obey and sacrifices is better and to hearken than the fat of rams

  • 1 Samuel 15:24 - said And Saul unto Samuel I have sinned for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and thy words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice

  • 1 Samuel 15:26 - said And Samuel unto Saul I will not return hath rejected the word and the LORD hath rejected and the LORD thee from being king over Israel

  • 1 Samuel 15:28 - said And Samuel hath rent unto him The LORD the kingdom of Israel from thee this day and hath given it to a neighbour of thine that is better

  • 1 Samuel 15:30 - Then he said I have sinned yet honour me now I pray thee before the elders of my people and before Israel and turn again with me that I may worship the LORD thy God

  • 1 Samuel 15:32 - Then said Samuel Bring ye hither And Agag the king of the Amalekites And Agag unto him delicately Then said And Agag Surely is past the bitterness of death

  • 1 Samuel 15:33 - said And Samuel be childless among women As thy sword be childless among women so shall thy mother hewed And Samuel Agag before the LORD in Gilgal

  • 1 Samuel 16:1 - said And the LORD unto Samuel How long wilt thou mourn for Saul seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel fill thine horn with oil I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite for I have provided among his sons me a king

  • 1 Samuel 16:2 - and say And Samuel hear if Saul it he will kill and say me And the LORD an heifer Take with thee and say to sacrifice me And the LORD I am come

  • 1 Samuel 16:3 - And call Jesse to the sacrifice and I will shew thee what thou shalt do and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name

  • 1 Samuel 16:4 - did And Samuel spake that which the LORD Comest to Bethlehem trembled And the elders of the town and said thou peaceably Comest

  • 1 Samuel 16:5 - And he said Peaceably to sacrifice unto the LORD I am come And he sanctified I am come them to the sacrifice And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice

  • 1 Samuel 16:6 - And it came to pass when they were come that he looked on Eliab and said Surely the LORD'S anointed

  • 1 Samuel 16:7 - said But the LORD unto Samuel Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature because I have refused looketh for man for man looketh on the outward appearance But the LORD looketh on the heart