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)


  • Joshua 18:8 - arose And the men and walk charged and Joshua and walk and describe the land saying and walk and walk the land and describe it and come again to me that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh

  • Judges 18:8 - And they came and their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol said and their brethren

  • Genesis 18:9 - And he said unto him Where is Sarah thy wife And he said Behold in the tent

  • 1 Kings 18:9 - And he said What have I sinned that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay

  • Judges 18:9 - And they said Arise that we may go up against them for we have seen the land good and behold it is very and are ye still be not slothful and to enter to possess the land

  • Exodus 18:10 - said And Jethro Blessed be the LORD who hath delivered and out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh who hath delivered the people and out of the hand of the Egyptians

  • Genesis 18:10 - And he said I will certainly I will certainly unto thee according to the time of life shall have a son And Sarah thy wife And Sarah heard door it in the tent which was behind him

  • 1 Kings 18:10 - liveth As the LORD thy God there is no and nation of the kingdom whither hath not sent my lord to seek thee and when they said He is not there he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they found

  • 2 Chronicles 18:10 - had made And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah him horns of iron Thus saith Thus saith the LORD With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed

  • 2 Samuel 18:10 - Behold I saw man And a certain it and told Joab and said Behold I saw Absalom hanged in an oak

  • Jeremiah 18:10 - If it do evil in my sight that it obey not my voice then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit

  • 1 Kings 18:11 - And now thou sayest And now thou sayest thy lord Behold Elijah

  • 1 Samuel 18:11 - cast And Saul the javelin for he said I will smite David even to the wall avoided out David of his presence twice

  • 2 Chronicles 18:11 - And all the prophets prophesied so saying Go up to Ramothgilead and prosper shall deliver for the LORD it into the hand of the king

  • 2 Samuel 18:11 - said And Joab unto the man that told him And behold thou sawest him and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver girdle and a

  • Jeremiah 18:11 - Now therefore go to speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem Now therefore go to speak Now therefore go to speak the LORD Behold I frame evil against you and devise a device against you return to the men and make your ways evil good and make your ways and your doings

  • Genesis 18:12 - laughed Therefore Sarah within herself saying After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure my lord being old also

  • 2 Chronicles 18:12 - And the messenger that went to call Micaiah of theirs and speak to him saying Behold the words of the prophets assent therefore I pray thee be like one declare good to the king Behold the words therefore I pray thee be like one of theirs and speak declare good

  • 2 Samuel 18:12 - said And the man unto Joab Though I should receive in mine hand a thousand shekels of silver yet would I not put forth mine hand son against the king's for in our hearing charged against the king's thee and Abishai and Ittai said Beware that none touch the young man Absalom

  • Jeremiah 18:12 - And they said There is no hope after our own devices and we will every one the imagination heart of his evil do

  • Genesis 18:13 - said And the LORD unto Abraham Wherefore laugh did Sarah said Shall I of a surety bear a child which am old

  • 2 Chronicles 18:13 - said And Micaiah liveth As the LORD said even what my God that will I speak

  • Jeremiah 18:13 - Therefore thus saith the LORD Ask ye now among the heathen who hath heard horrible thing hath done a very such things the virgin of Israel

  • Exodus 18:14 - saw father in law And when Moses all that he did thou thyself alone and all the people he said What is this thing all that he did thou thyself alone and all the people why sittest thou thyself alone and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even

  • 1 Kings 18:14 - And now thou sayest And now thou sayest thy lord Behold Elijah is here and he shall slay

  • 2 Chronicles 18:14 - And when he was come the king And he said the king unto him Micaiah to Ramothgilead to battle or shall I forbear And he said Go ye up and prosper and they shall be delivered into your hand

  • 2 Kings 18:14 - sent And Hezekiah And the king of Judah And the king of Assyria to Lachish saying I have offended return from me that which thou puttest on me will I bear appointed And the king of Assyria And Hezekiah And the king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold

  • 2 Samuel 18:14 - Then said Joab I may not tarry thus with thee And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive them through the heart in the midst of the oak

  • Judges 18:14 - Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish and said unto their brethren Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a graven image and a molten image Do ye know what ye have to do

  • Exodus 18:15 - said And Moses unto his father in law come Because the people unto me to enquire of God

  • Genesis 18:15 - denied Then Sarah And he said Nay I laughed not for she was afraid And he said Nay I laughed

  • 1 Kings 18:15 - said And Elijah liveth As the LORD of hosts whom I stand before myself unto him to day I will surely shew

  • 2 Chronicles 18:15 - said And the king to him How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD

  • Deuteronomy 18:16 - According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD my God in Horeb in the day of the assembly saying again Let me not hear the voice of the LORD my God fire this great neither let me see any more that I die

  • 2 Chronicles 18:16 - Then he said I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd Then he said and the LORD These have no master let them return therefore every man to his house in peace

  • Deuteronomy 18:17 - said And the LORD unto me They have well spoken that which they have spoken

  • Exodus 18:17 - said father in law And Moses is not good unto him The thing that thou doest

  • Genesis 18:17 - And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do

  • 1 Kings 18:17 - saw And it came to pass when Ahab Elijah said And it came to pass when Ahab unto him Art thou he that troubleth Israel

  • 1 Samuel 18:17 - said And Saul to David daughter Behold my elder Merab her will I give thee to wife only be thou valiant for me and fight battles the LORD'S And Saul said Let not mine hand Let not mine hand of the Philistines

  • 2 Chronicles 18:17 - Did I not tell And the king of Israel to Jehoshaphat Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me but evil

  • 1 Kings 18:18 - And he answered I have not troubled Israel house but thou and thy father's in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD Baalim

  • 1 Samuel 18:18 - said And David unto Saul Who am I and what is my life family or my father's in Israel that I should be son in law to the king

  • 2 Chronicles 18:18 - Again he said Therefore hear the word of the LORD I saw of the LORD sitting upon his throne and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left

  • 2 Samuel 18:18 - Absalom's had taken and reared up in his lifetime for himself a pillar dale which is in the king's for he said I have no son in remembrance after his own name and he called for himself a pillar after his own name and he called place Absalom's unto this day

  • Jeremiah 18:18 - Then said and let us devise against Jeremiah devices shall not perish for the law from the priest nor counsel from the wise nor the word from the prophet and let us smite him with the tongue and let us not give heed nor the word

  • Judges 18:18 - And these went house into Micah's and fetched the carved image the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image Then said the priest unto them What do

  • Ezekiel 18:19 - Yet say bear When the son the iniquity of the father When the son that which is lawful and right and hath done all my statutes and hath kept and hath done live live

  • 2 Chronicles 18:19 - And one spake And the LORD Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead And one spake And one spake after that manner And one spake after that manner

  • 2 Kings 18:19 - Thus saith And Rabshakeh Thus saith ye now to Hezekiah Thus saith king the great king of Assyria What confidence is this wherein thou trustest

  • 2 Samuel 18:19 - Ahimaaz the son of Zadok Then said Let me now run and bear the king hath avenged how that the LORD him of his enemies

  • Judges 18:19 - And they said unto him Hold thy peace lay thine hand upon thy mouth with us and be to us a father and a priest is it better with us and be to us and a priest unto the house man of one with us and be to us and a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel

  • Genesis 18:20 - said And the LORD Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin grievous is very

  • 2 Chronicles 18:20 - Then there came out a spirit and stood before him And the LORD and said I will entice and said him And the LORD

  • 2 Kings 18:20 - Thou sayest words but they are but vain I have counsel and strength for the war Now on whom dost thou trust that thou rebellest

  • 2 Samuel 18:20 - said And Joab unto him Thou shalt not bear tidings but this day but thou shalt bear tidings but this day another but this day but thou shalt bear tidings son because the king's is dead

  • Numbers 18:20 - spake And the LORD unto Aaron in their land Thou shalt have no inheritance neither shalt thou have any part among neither shalt thou have any part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel

  • Deuteronomy 18:21 - And if thou say in thine heart How shall we know the word hath not spoken which the LORD

  • 1 Kings 18:21 - came And Elijah him And the people and said halt How long ye between two opinions if the LORD be God follow him but if Baal answered him And the people him not a word

  • 1 Samuel 18:21 - said And Saul I will give him her that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines said And Saul to David in the one of the twain be my son in law Thou shalt this day

  • 2 Chronicles 18:21 - And he said I will go out spirit and be a lying in the mouth of all his prophets And he said Thou shalt entice him and thou shalt also prevail I will go out and do

  • 2 Samuel 18:21 - Then said Joab And Cushi tell the king what thou hast seen bowed And Cushi Joab and ran

  • 1 Kings 18:22 - Then said Elijah unto the people I even I only remain a prophet of the LORD a prophet but Baal's are four hundred and fifty men

  • 1 Samuel 18:22 - commanded And Saul his servants saying Commune with David secretly and say hath delight Behold the king his servants love son in law Behold the king

  • 2 Kings 18:22 - But if ye say in the LORD our God unto me We trust hath taken away Hezekiah is not that he whose high places and whose altars But if ye say to Judah and Jerusalem before and whose altars Ye shall worship and Jerusalem

  • 2 Samuel 18:22 - yet again Ahimaaz my son of Zadok Then said And Joab But howsoever Wherefore wilt thou run after Cushi Then said And Joab But howsoever Wherefore wilt thou run my son seeing that thou hast no tidings ready

  • Genesis 18:23 - drew near And Abraham and said Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked

  • 1 Samuel 18:23 - spake servants And Saul's in the ears And David those words said And David it to you a light Seemeth son in law thing to be a king's man seeing that I am a poor and lightly esteemed

  • 2 Chronicles 18:23 - came near Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah and smote Micaiah upon the cheek and said Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak

  • 2 Samuel 18:23 - But howsoever said he let me run And he said But howsoever said he let me run But howsoever said he let me run Then Ahimaaz by the way of the plain and overran Cushi

  • Judges 18:23 - And they cried unto the children of Dan And they turned their faces and said unto Micah What aileth thee that thou comest with such a company

  • Exodus 18:24 - hearkened So Moses to the voice of his father in law and did all that he had said

  • 1 Kings 18:24 - And call on the ~ and the God And call on the ~ of the LORD and the God answered by fire and the God answered And all the people and said It is well spoken

  • 1 Samuel 18:24 - told And the servants of Saul him saying On this manner spake David

  • 2 Chronicles 18:24 - said And Micaiah Behold thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go chamber chamber to hide

  • Judges 18:24 - And he said my gods which I made Ye have taken away and the priest And he said

  • Numbers 18:24 - But the tithes of the children of Israel which they offer unto the LORD as an heave offering I have given to the Levites no inheritance therefore I have said unto them Among of the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance

  • Ezekiel 18:25 - Yet ye say equal Is not my way of the Lord Hear now O house of Israel Is not my way equal Is not my way equal

  • 1 Kings 18:25 - said And Elijah unto the prophets of Baal Choose bullock you one for yourselves and dress it first for ye are many and call on the ~ of your gods no fire but put

  • 1 Samuel 18:25 - Thus shall ye say And Saul Thus shall ye say to David desireth The king not any dowry but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines to be avenged enemies The king And Saul thought fall to David by the hand of the Philistines

  • 2 Chronicles 18:25 - said Then the king of Israel Take ye Micaiah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash son Then the king

  • 2 Kings 18:25 - without it The LORD Am I now come up against this place and destroy it The LORD said Am I now come up against this land and destroy

  • 2 Samuel 18:25 - cried And the watchman and told And the king said And the king If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth apace apace and drew near

  • Judges 18:25 - said And the children of Dan be heard unto him Let not thy voice run among us lest angry thy life upon thee and thou lose thy life thy life of thy household

  • Numbers 18:25 - spake And the LORD unto Moses saying

  • Genesis 18:26 - said And the LORD If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city then I will spare all the place

  • 1 Kings 18:26 - And they took the bullock which was given them and they dressed it and called on the ~ O Baal from morning even until noon saying O Baal hear us But there was no voice us But there was no hear And they leaped upon the altar them and they dressed

  • 2 Chronicles 18:26 - And say And say the king Put this fellow in the prison and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I return in peace

  • 2 Kings 18:26 - Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh Speak I pray thee to thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand Speak not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall

  • 2 Samuel 18:26 - saw And the watchman Behold another man another running called And the watchman unto the porter and said Behold another man running and said alone And the king He also bringeth tidings

  • Numbers 18:26 - unto the Levites Thus speak and say unto them When ye take of the children of Israel even a tenth which I have given you from them for your inheritance then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD even a tenth even a tenth

  • Genesis 18:27 - answered And Abraham and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes

  • 1 Kings 18:27 - And it came to pass at noon mocked that Elijah them and said Cry aloud for he is a god either he is talking or he is pursuing or he is in a journey or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked

  • 2 Chronicles 18:27 - by me And he said And Micaiah If thou certainly If thou certainly in peace spoken then hath not the LORD by me And he said Hearken all ye people

  • 2 Kings 18:27 - said But Rabshakeh me to thy master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words which sit on the wall that they may eat and drink

  • 2 Samuel 18:27 - said And the watchman Me thinketh is like the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said And the king man He is a good tidings He is a good and cometh

  • Genesis 18:28 - Peradventure there shall lack of the fifty righteous and five I will not destroy and five all the city And he said I will not destroy If I find there forty and five

  • 2 Kings 18:28 - stood Then Rabshakeh and cried voice of the great in the Jews' language and spake saying Hear the word king of the great king of Assyria

  • 2 Samuel 18:28 - called And Ahimaaz and said before the king All is well And he fell down before the king upon his face to the earth and said Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath delivered up that lifted up their hand against my lord before the king

  • Ezekiel 18:29 - Yet saith O house of Israel equal The way of the Lord The way equal O house of Israel The way equal