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 9:15 - was returned Joram But king to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds had given which the Syrians him when he fought with Hazael But king of Syria said And Jehu If it be your minds then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to tell in Jezreel

  • 2 Kings 9:17 - a watchman And there stood on the tower in Jezreel I see a company of Jehu as he came and said a company I see and said And Joram Take an horseman and send to meet and said Is it peace

  • 2 Kings 9:18 - one on horseback to meet Thus saith Thus saith the king Is it peace Thus saith And Jehu Is it peace turn thee behind told me And the watchman Thus saith came The messenger to them but he cometh not again

  • 2 Kings 9:19 - Then he sent out on horseback a second which came Thus saith Thus saith the king Is it peace Thus saith And Jehu Is it peace turn thee behind

  • 2 Kings 9:20 - told And the watchman saying He came even unto them and cometh not again and the driving and the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi furiously for he driveth

  • 2 Kings 9:21 - said And Joram Make ready Make ready And his chariot and they went out And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah each And his chariot and they went out against Jehu and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite

  • 2 Kings 9:22 - saw And it came to pass when Joram Jehu And he answered Is it peace Jehu And he answered Is it peace so long as the whoredoms Jezebel of thy mother and her witchcrafts are so many

  • 2 Kings 9:23 - turned And Joram his hands and fled and said O Ahaziah There is treachery O Ahaziah

  • 2 Kings 9:25 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain Take up and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite for remember how that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father the LORD Take up this burden

  • 2 Kings 9:27 - But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw And he fled by the way house of the garden followed after And Jehu him and said Smite him also in the chariot And they did so at the going up to Gur which is by Ibleam And he fled to Megiddo and died

  • 2 Kings 9:31 - And as Jehu entered in at the gate she said peace Had Zimri who slew his master

  • 2 Kings 9:32 - And he lifted up his face to the window and said Who is on my side who And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs

  • 2 Kings 9:33 - And he said So they threw her down So they threw her down was sprinkled and some of her blood on the wall and on the horses and he trode her under foot

  • 2 Kings 9:34 - And when he was come in he did eat and drink and said Go see now this cursed woman and bury daughter her for she is a king's

  • 2 Kings 9:36 - Wherefore they came again and told him And he said This is the word of the LORD which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite him And he said In the portion of Jezreel eat shall dogs the flesh of Jezebel

  • 2 Kings 9:37 - And the carcase This is Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel so that they shall not say This is Jezebel

  • 2 Kings 10:1 - Ahab's had seventy sons in Samaria wrote And Jehu letters and sent in Samaria unto the rulers of Jezreel to the elders and to them that brought up Ahab's children saying

  • 2 Kings 10:4 - afraid But they were exceedingly But they were exceedingly and said Behold two kings him how then shall we stand not before him how then shall we stand

  • 2 Kings 10:5 - of the children sent And he that was over the house and he that was over the city the elders also and the bringers up to Jehu all that thou shalt bid We are thy servants all that thou shalt bid and will do king us we will not make any thou that which is good in thine eyes and will do

  • 2 Kings 10:6 - Then he wrote a letter the second time to them saying unto my voice If ye be mine and if ye will hearken take ye the heads persons sons your master's and come this time by to morrow to me to Jezreel sons Now the king's being seventy persons were with the great men of the city which brought them up