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 Kings 1:33 - also said The king unto them Take with you the servants of your lord to ride and cause Solomon my son upon mine own mule and bring him down to Gihon

  • 1 Kings 1:34 - anoint And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet him there king over Israel and blow ye with the trumpet and say God save him there king Solomon

  • 1 Kings 1:36 - answered And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the king and said Amen and said the LORD God of my lord the king

  • 1 Kings 1:39 - took And Zadok the priest an horn of oil out of the tabernacle and anointed Solomon And they blew the trumpet said and all the people God save king Solomon

  • 1 Kings 1:41 - heard And Adonijah and all the guests it as they had made an end of eating heard And when Joab Wherefore is this noise of the trumpet he said Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar

  • 1 Kings 1:42 - And while he yet spake behold Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came said and Adonijah came man for thou art a valiant good and bringest

  • 1 Kings 1:43 - answered And Jonathan and said to Adonijah Verily our lord king David king hath made Solomon

  • 1 Kings 1:47 - came servants And moreover the king's to bless our lord And moreover the king's David saying better God make the ~ of Solomon make the ~ and make his throne his throne bowed And moreover the king's himself upon the bed

  • 1 Kings 1:48 - And also thus said the king Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which hath given this day one to sit on my throne mine eyes even seeing

  • 1 Kings 1:51 - And it was told Solomon saying Behold Adonijah feareth Let king Solomon for lo he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar saying swear unto me to day Let king Solomon that he will not slay his servant with the sword

  • 1 Kings 1:52 - said And Solomon man If he will shew himself a worthy of him fall there shall not an hair to the earth but if wickedness shall be found in him he shall die

  • 1 Kings 1:53 - sent So king Solomon and they brought him down from the altar And he came and bowed So king Solomon said Solomon to thine house

  • 1 Kings 2:1 - drew nigh Now the days of David that he should die and he charged Solomon his son saying

  • 1 Kings 2:4 - may continue That the LORD his word which he spake concerning me saying take heed If thy children to their way before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul concerning me saying there shall not fail he a man on the throne of Israel

  • 1 Kings 2:8 - And behold thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera a Benjamite of Bahurim which cursed curse me with a grievous in the day to Mahanaim but he came down to meet me at Jordan and I sware to him by the LORD saying I will not put thee to death with the sword

  • 1 Kings 2:13 - Comest And Adonijah the son of Haggith to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon And he said Peaceably Comest And he said Peaceably

  • 1 Kings 2:14 - He said moreover I have somewhat to say He said Say on

  • 1 Kings 2:15 - And he said Thou knowest howbeit the kingdom set was mine and that all Israel their faces on me that I should reign is turned about howbeit the kingdom and is become my brother's for it was his from the LORD

  • 1 Kings 2:16 - petition one And now I ask of thee deny me not And she said unto him Say on

  • 1 Kings 2:17 - And he said And he said I pray thee unto Solomon the king for he will not say thee that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife