H559 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 Kings 17:11 - Bring it he called to her and said Bring me I pray thee a morsel of bread in thine hand

  • Ezekiel 17:12 - Say house now to the rebellious Know Say is come the king of Babylon to Jerusalem and hath taken the king thereof and the princes is come of Babylon

  • 1 Kings 17:12 - And she said liveth As the LORD thy God I have not a cake but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it and die

  • 2 Kings 17:12 - For they served idols had said whereof the LORD unto them Ye shall not do this thing

  • Leviticus 17:12 - Therefore I said unto the children of Israel No soul of you shall eat blood neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among of you shall eat blood

  • Numbers 17:12 - saying And the children of Israel unto Moses saying Behold we die we all perish we all perish

  • 1 Kings 17:13 - said And Elijah unto her Fear not go and do as thou hast said and do me thereof cake a little first and bring for thee and for thy son and do it unto me and after

  • 2 Kings 17:13 - testified Yet the LORD against Israel and against Judah by all the prophets and by all the seers saying Turn ways ye from your evil and keep my commandments and my statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent by my servants all the prophets

  • Judges 17:13 - Then said Micah Now know will do me good I that the LORD seeing I have a Levite to my priest

  • Deuteronomy 17:14 - When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee and shalt possess it and shalt dwell therein and shalt say I will set a king over me like as all the nations that are about

  • Exodus 17:14 - said And the LORD unto Moses Write this for a memorial in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua for I will utterly for I will utterly the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven

  • 1 Kings 17:14 - For thus saith that the LORD God of Israel The barrel of meal shall not waste neither shall the cruse of oil fail until the day sendeth that the LORD rain upon the earth

  • 2 Samuel 17:14 - said And Absalom and all the men of Israel is better The counsel of Hushai the Archite The counsel of Ahithophel For the LORD had appointed to defeat The counsel of Ahithophel is better to the intent might bring For the LORD And Absalom evil

  • Joshua 17:14 - spake And the children of Joseph unto Joshua saying Why hast thou given to inherit lot and one portion and one people seeing I am a great forasmuch as forasmuch as me hitherto hath blessed the LORD

  • Leviticus 17:14 - For it is the life of all flesh is the blood For it is the life thereof therefore I said unto the children of Israel is the blood of all flesh Ye shall eat For it is the life of all flesh is the blood Ye shall eat it shall be cut off

  • Genesis 17:15 - said And God unto Abraham As for Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call her name As for Sarai but Sarah her name

  • 2 Samuel 17:15 - Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests and thus and thus have I counselled Thus and thus did Ahithophel Absalom and the elders of Israel and thus and thus have I counselled

  • Jeremiah 17:15 - Behold they say unto me Where is the word of the LORD let it come

  • Joshua 17:15 - answered And Joshua people them If thou be a great then get thee up to the wood country and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants be too narrow if mount Ephraim

  • Deuteronomy 17:16 - But he shall not multiply horses return to himself nor cause the people to Egypt But he shall not multiply horses forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you Ye shall henceforth return no more that way

  • Exodus 17:16 - For he said hath sworn Because the LORD will have war that the LORD with Amalek from generation from generation

  • 1 Chronicles 17:16 - came the king And David and sat before Who am I O LORD and said Who am I O LORD God and what is mine house came me hitherto

  • 2 Samuel 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly and tell David saying Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness but speedily but speedily be swallowed up lest the king and all the people

  • Joshua 17:16 - said And the children of Joseph is not enough The hill have chariots of iron for us and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land and they who are of the valley both they who are of Bethshean and her towns and they who are of the valley of Jezreel

  • Genesis 17:17 - fell Then Abraham upon his face and laughed and said in his heart old unto him that is an hundred years Shall a child be born and shall Sarah old that is ninety years Shall a child be born

  • 1 Samuel 17:17 - said And Jesse unto David his son Take now for thy brethren an ephah parched of this corn and these ten loaves of this and run to the camp now for thy brethren

  • Joshua 17:17 - saying And Joshua unto the house of Joseph even to Ephraim and to Manasseh saying people Thou art a great power and hast great lot thou shalt not have one

  • Genesis 17:18 - said And Abraham unto God O that Ishmael might live before thee

  • 1 Kings 17:18 - And she said unto Elijah What have I to do with thee O thou man of God art thou come to remembrance my sin and to slay my son

  • Ezekiel 17:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD As I live surely mine oath that he hath despised and my covenant that he hath broken even it will I recompense upon his own head

  • Genesis 17:19 - said And God indeed Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name Isaac and I will establish covenant covenant with him for an everlasting and with his seed after him

  • 1 Kings 17:19 - And he said unto her Give me thy son And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft where he abode and laid him upon his own bed

  • Jeremiah 17:19 - Thus said the LORD unto me Go and stand and in all the gates of the children of the people come in whereby the kings of Judah and by the which they go out and in all the gates of Jerusalem

  • 1 Kings 17:20 - And he cried O LORD and said O LORD my God upon the widow with whom I sojourn hast thou also brought evil by slaying her son

  • 2 Samuel 17:20 - came servants And when Absalom's And the woman to the house said Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan said And the woman unto them They be gone over the brook of water And when they had sought and could not find them they returned to Jerusalem

  • Jeremiah 17:20 - And say unto them Hear ye the word of the LORD ye kings and all Judah and all Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that enter in by these gates

  • 1 Kings 17:21 - And he stretched I pray thee let this child's three times and cried O LORD and said O LORD my God again soul I pray thee let this child's into him

  • 2 Samuel 17:21 - And it came to pass after that they came up out of the well and told king David and said David Arise over and pass quickly the water counselled for thus hath Ahithophel

  • Jeremiah 17:21 - Thus saith the LORD Take heed to yourselves and bear no burden day on the sabbath nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem

  • Ezekiel 17:22 - Thus saith the Lord GOD I will also take of the highest branch cedar of the high and will set from the top of his young twigs a tender one it I will crop off and will plant mountain it upon an high and eminent

  • 1 Kings 17:23 - took And Elijah the child and brought him down out of the chamber into the house and delivered him unto his mother said And Elijah See liveth thy son

  • 1 Chronicles 17:24 - Let it even be established may be magnified that thy name for ever saying The LORD of hosts even a God of Israel even a God of Israel and let the house of David thy servant be established before

  • 1 Kings 17:24 - said And the woman to Elijah Now by this I know that thou art a man of God and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth

  • 1 Samuel 17:25 - said And the men Israel Have ye seen And the men is he come up surely to defy Israel is he come up And the men who killeth will enrich him the king riches him with great him his daughter and will give house his father's and make free Israel

  • 1 Samuel 17:26 - by him saying And David to the men that stood by him saying What shall be done to the man that killeth Philistine this and taketh away the reproach from Israel Philistine for who is this uncircumcised that he should defy the armies God of the living

  • 2 Kings 17:26 - Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria Wherefore they spake The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the God of the land therefore he hath sent lions among them and behold they slay know not the manner of the God of the land

  • 1 Samuel 17:27 - answered And the people him after this manner answered So shall it be done to the man that killeth

  • 2 Kings 17:27 - commanded Then the king of Assyria saying thither one of the priests whom ye brought and dwell there and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land

  • 1 Samuel 17:28 - heard And Eliab brother his eldest when he spake was kindled anger And Eliab against David and he said Why camest thou down hither and with whom hast thou left few sheep those in the wilderness I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart that thou mightest see the battle Why camest thou down

  • 1 Samuel 17:29 - said And David What have I now done Is there not a cause

  • 2 Samuel 17:29 - And honey and butter and sheep and cheese of kine for David The people that were with him to eat for they said The people is hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness

  • 1 Samuel 17:30 - And he turned from him toward another and spake after the same manner him again and the people after the same manner after the same manner after the former

  • 1 Samuel 17:32 - said And David to Saul fail heart Let no man's because of him thy servant and fight with this Philistine

  • 1 Samuel 17:33 - said And Saul to David Thou art not able against this Philistine to fight with him for thou art but a youth and he a man of war from his youth

  • 1 Samuel 17:34 - said And David unto Saul kept Thy servant his father's sheep and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock

  • 2 Kings 17:35 - had made With whom the LORD a covenant and charged them saying Ye shall not fear gods other nor bow yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice

  • 1 Samuel 17:37 - said David and the LORD he will deliver and out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear he will deliver and out of the paw of this Philistine said And Saul David and the LORD

  • 1 Samuel 17:39 - girded And David his sword upon his armour and he assayed for he had not proved said And David unto Saul I cannot for he had not proved put And David

  • 1 Samuel 17:43 - said And the Philistine David Am I a dog that thou comest to me with staves cursed And the Philistine David by his gods

  • 1 Samuel 17:44 - said And the Philistine to David to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field

  • 1 Samuel 17:45 - Then said David to the Philistine Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield Thou comest to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts the God of the armies of Israel whom thou hast defied

  • 1 Samuel 17:55 - saw And when Saul David go forth against the Philistine he said Abner the captain of the host whose son is this youth Abner he said Abner liveth As thy soul O king I cannot tell

  • 1 Samuel 17:56 - said And the king Enquire thou whose son the stripling

  • 1 Samuel 17:58 - answered And Saul I am the son art thou thou young man answered And David I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite

  • Ezekiel 18:1 - The word of the LORD came unto me again saying

  • 1 Kings 18:1 - days And it came to pass after many that the word of the LORD came to Elijah year in the third saying shew thyself unto Ahab and I will send rain upon the earth

  • Jeremiah 18:1 - The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying

  • Job 18:1 - Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said

  • Leviticus 18:1 - spake And the LORD unto Moses saying

  • Numbers 18:1 - said And the LORD unto Aaron Thou and thy sons house and thy father's with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary Thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood

  • Ezekiel 18:2 - What mean ye that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel saying The fathers have eaten sour grapes teeth and the children's are set on edge

  • 2 Samuel 18:2 - sent forth And David of the people a third part under the hand Joab's a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah brother Joab's a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite said And the king of the people I will surely I will surely with you myself

  • Judges 18:2 - sent And the children of Dan of their family five from their coasts And the children of valour from Zorah and from Eshtaol to spy out the land and to search it and they said and to search out the land who when they came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah they lodged

  • Leviticus 18:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them I am the LORD your God

  • Exodus 18:3 - And her two sons of which the name of the one was Gershom for he said I have been an alien land in a strange

  • Genesis 18:3 - And said if now I have found favour in thy sight pass not away I pray thee from thy servant

  • 2 Chronicles 18:3 - And he answered And Ahab king of Israel unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah with me to Ramothgilead And he answered as thy people as thy people and we will be with thee in the war

  • 2 Samuel 18:3 - answered But the people Thou shalt not go forth away away they will not care of us die for us neither if half they will not care for us but now thou art worth ten thousand of us therefore now it is better us out of the city that thou succour

  • Joshua 18:3 - said And Joshua unto the children of Israel How long are ye slack to go to possess the land hath given which the LORD God of your fathers

  • Judges 18:3 - When they were by the house of Micah they knew the voice of the young man the Levite and they turned in thither and said unto him Who brought thee hither and what makest

  • 2 Chronicles 18:4 - said And Jehoshaphat unto the king of Israel Enquire to day I pray thee at the word of the LORD

  • 2 Samuel 18:4 - said And the king you best unto them What seemeth I will do stood And the king side by the gate and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands

  • Isaiah 18:4 - For so said the LORD unto me I will take my rest and I will consider in my dwelling place heat like a clear upon herbs and like a cloud of dew heat of harvest

  • Judges 18:4 - And he said and thus dealeth Micah with me and hath hired me and I am his priest

  • Genesis 18:5 - And I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort ye your hearts after that for therefore are ye come to for therefore are ye come to your servant as thou hast said So do And they said

  • 1 Kings 18:5 - said And Ahab unto Obadiah into the land unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks peradventure we may find grass alive the horses and mules that we lose not all the beasts

  • 2 Chronicles 18:5 - gathered together Therefore the king of Israel of prophets four hundred men And they said to Ramothgilead to battle or shall I forbear And they said Go up will deliver for God hand Therefore the king

  • 2 Samuel 18:5 - charge And the king Joab and Abishai and Ittai saying Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom And all the people heard charge And the king gave all the captains concerning Absalom

  • Jeremiah 18:5 - Then the word of the LORD came to me saying

  • Judges 18:5 - And they said unto him Ask counsel we pray thee of God that we may know shall be prosperous whether our way which we go

  • Exodus 18:6 - And he said unto Moses I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee and thy wife and her two sons

  • Genesis 18:6 - Make ready quickly And Abraham into the tent unto Sarah and said Make ready quickly three measures meal of fine knead it and make cakes

  • 2 Chronicles 18:6 - said But Jehoshaphat Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides that we might enquire

  • Judges 18:6 - said And the priest in peace before the LORD is your way

  • 1 Kings 18:7 - And as Obadiah was in the way Elijah met him and he knew him and fell on his face and said Art thou that my lord Elijah

  • 1 Samuel 18:7 - answered And the women one another as they played and said hath slain Saul his thousands and David his ten thousands

  • 2 Chronicles 18:7 - said And the king of Israel And Jehoshaphat man There is yet one by whom we may enquire of the LORD but I hate him for he never prophesied good unto me but always evil the same is Micaiah the son of Imla said And Jehoshaphat said And the king

  • 1 Kings 18:8 - And he answered And he answered thy lord Behold Elijah

  • 1 Samuel 18:8 - wroth And Saul was very displeased and the saying him and he said They have ascribed unto David ten thousands They have ascribed but thousands and what can he have more but the kingdom

  • 2 Chronicles 18:8 - called And the king of Israel of his officers for one and said Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla