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)


  • 2 Kings 5:25 - But he went in and stood before his master And he said And Elisha unto him Whence comest thou Gehazi And he said went Thy servant no whither no whither

  • 2 Kings 5:26 - And he said not mine heart unto him Went turned with thee when the man again from his chariot to meet thee Is it a time and to receive money and to receive garments and oliveyards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menservants and maidservants

  • 2 Kings 6:1 - said And the sons of the prophets Elisha Behold now the place where we dwell unto with thee is too strait

  • 2 Kings 6:2 - we pray thee unto Jordan and take thence every man beam a and let us make us a place there where we may dwell And he answered

  • 2 Kings 6:3 - And he answered And one Be content with thy servants And he answered

  • 2 Kings 6:5 - But as one fell a beam the axe head fell into the water and he cried and said Alas master for it was borrowed

  • 2 Kings 6:6 - said And the man of God Where fell it And he shewed him the place And he cut down a stick and cast did swim it in thither and the iron

  • 2 Kings 6:7 - Therefore said he Take it up to thee And he put out his hand and took

  • 2 Kings 6:8 - Then the king of Syria warred against Israel and took counsel with his servants saying a place In such and such shall be my camp

  • 2 Kings 6:9 - sent And the man of God unto the king of Israel saying Beware that thou pass a place not such for thither the Syrians are come down

  • 2 Kings 6:10 - sent And the king of Israel to the place told which the man of God him and warned him of and saved himself there not once nor twice

  • 2 Kings 6:11 - was sore troubled Therefore the heart me which of us is for the king of Syria for this thing and he called his servants and said unto them Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel

  • 2 Kings 6:12 - said And one of his servants None my lord O king but Elisha the prophet of Israel telleth O king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber

  • 2 Kings 6:13 - And he said and spy where he is that I may send and fetch him And it was told And he said Behold he is in Dothan

  • 2 Kings 6:15 - early And when the servant of the man of God was risen and gone forth behold an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots said And his servant unto him Alas my master how shall we do

  • 2 Kings 6:16 - And he answered Fear not for they that be with us are more

  • 2 Kings 6:17 - prayed And Elisha and said And the LORD I pray thee open his eyes and he saw I pray thee open And the LORD his eyes of the young man and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about And Elisha

  • 2 Kings 6:18 - And when they came down prayed of Elisha unto the LORD and said And he smote this people I pray thee with blindness And he smote I pray thee with blindness according to the word of Elisha

  • 2 Kings 6:19 - said And Elisha unto them This is not the way neither is this the city you to the man whom ye seek them to Samaria

  • 2 Kings 6:20 - And it came to pass when they were come into Samaria said that Elisha And the LORD open the eyes and they saw open And the LORD the eyes and they saw and behold they were in the midst into Samaria