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 10:8 - And there came a messenger and told And he said And there came the heads sons of the king's And he said Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning

  • 2 Kings 10:9 - And it came to pass in the morning that he went out and stood and said to all the people Ye be righteous behold I conspired against my master and slew him but who slew

  • 2 Kings 10:13 - Jehu met We are the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah Who are ye And they answered Who are ye And they answered We are the brethren of Ahaziah and we go down to salute and the children king and the children of the queen

  • 2 Kings 10:14 - And he said And they took them alive And they took them alive and slew them at the pit of the shearing house and forty even two he any neither left he any

  • 2 Kings 10:15 - thence he lighted And Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him and he saluted answered It is as my heart right as my heart as my heart answered And Jehonadab It is It is And he gave him his hand And he gave him his hand and he took him up to him into the chariot

  • 2 Kings 10:16 - And he said with me and see my zeal for the LORD So they made him ride in his chariot

  • 2 Kings 10:18 - gathered And Jehu all the people and said unto them Ahab served Baal a little And Jehu served him much

  • 2 Kings 10:20 - said And Jehu Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal And they proclaimed

  • 2 Kings 10:22 - And he said unto him that was over the vestry And he brought them forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal And he brought them forth vestments

  • 2 Kings 10:23 - went And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab into the house of Baal and said but the worshippers of Baal Search and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD but the worshippers of Baal

  • 2 Kings 10:24 - And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings Jehu appointed without fourscore If any and said If any escape If any And when they went in into your hands he that letteth him go his life he that letteth him go his life

  • 2 Kings 10:25 - And it came to pass as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering said that Jehu and the guard and the captains Go in And they smote them let none come forth And they smote them with the edge of the sword cast them out and the guard and the captains to the city of the house of Baal

  • 2 Kings 10:30 - said And the LORD unto Jehu Because thou hast done well and hast done that which is right in mine eyes according to all that was in mine heart and hast done unto the house of Ahab thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel

  • 2 Kings 11:5 - And he commanded them saying This is the thing that ye shall do A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch house of the king's

  • 2 Kings 11:12 - And he brought forth son the king and put the crown upon him and gave him the testimony and they made him king and anointed him and they clapped their hands and said God save the king

  • 2 Kings 11:15 - commanded But Jehoiada For the priest the captains of the hundreds the officers of the host and said unto them Have her forth in the house the ranges and him that followeth Let her not be slain with the sword and said For the priest Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD

  • 2 Kings 12:4 - said And Jehoash to the priests All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD All the money that passeth into any man's All the money that every man is set at All the money that cometh heart into any man's that is brought into the house of the LORD

  • 2 Kings 12:7 - called Then king Jehoash for Jehoiada and the other priests and the other priests and said unto them Why repair it for the breaches of the house now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance it for the breaches of the house but deliver

  • 2 Kings 13:14 - Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died came down And Joash the king of Israel unto him and wept over his face and said O my father O my father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen

  • 2 Kings 13:15 - said And Elisha And he took bow and arrows And he took bow and arrows