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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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