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 23:12 - Then said David They will deliver thee up Will the men of Keilah into the hand of Saul Then said And the LORD They will deliver thee up

  • 1 Samuel 23:17 - And he said unto him Fear shall not find not for the hand of Saul my father thee and thou shalt be king over Israel and I shall be next of Saul my father knoweth

  • 1 Samuel 23:19 - Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah saying Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood in the hill of Hachilah which is on the south of Jeshimon

  • 1 Samuel 23:21 - said And Saul Blessed be ye of the LORD for ye have compassion

  • 1 Samuel 23:22 - I pray you prepare yet and know and see his place where his haunt and see him there for it is told me that he dealeth very

  • 1 Samuel 23:27 - a messenger But there came unto Saul saying Haste have invaded for the Philistines the land

  • 1 Samuel 24:1 - was returned And it came to pass when Saul from following the Philistines that it was told him saying Behold David is in the wilderness of Engedi

  • 1 Samuel 24:4 - said Then David unto him Behold the day said of which the LORD unto thee Behold I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee arose Then David and cut off the skirt robe of Saul's privily

  • 1 Samuel 24:6 - And he said unto his men forbid The LORD that I should do this thing unto my master against him seeing he is the anointed The LORD to stretch forth mine hand against him seeing he is the anointed The LORD

  • 1 Samuel 24:8 - also arose David after afterward and went out of the cave and cried after And when Saul saying My lord the king looked And when Saul after stooped David with his face to the earth and bowed

  • 1 Samuel 24:9 - said And David to Saul Wherefore hearest words thou men's said And David seeketh thy hurt

  • 1 Samuel 24:10 - Behold this day have seen thine eyes had delivered for he is the LORD'S Behold this day into mine hand in the cave and some bade me kill thee but mine eye spared and some bade I will not put forth into mine hand against my lord anointed for he is the LORD'S

  • 1 Samuel 24:13 - As saith the proverb of the ancients from the wicked proceedeth Wickedness but mine hand

  • 1 Samuel 24:16 - had made an end And it came to pass when David of speaking these words And Saul said And Saul Is this thy voice my son And it came to pass when David lifted up And Saul Is this thy voice and wept

  • 1 Samuel 24:17 - And he said to David Thou art more righteous than I for thou hast rewarded me good than I for thou hast rewarded thee evil

  • 1 Samuel 25:5 - sent out And David ten unto the young men said And David unto the young men Get you up to Carmel and go to Nabal and greet him in my name

  • 1 Samuel 25:6 - And thus shall ye say to him that liveth and peace be to thine house and peace and peace

  • 1 Samuel 25:10 - answered And Nabal servants David's and said David's and who is the son of Jesse now a days there be many servants that break away every man from his master

  • 1 Samuel 25:13 - said And David every man And they girded on every man his sword And they girded on every man his sword And they girded on And David his sword and there went up after And David about four and two hundred every man and two hundred abode by the stuff

  • 1 Samuel 25:14 - Abigail wife Nabal's told of the young men But one of the young men saying sent Behold David messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master and he railed