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 22:18 - But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD thus shall ye say thus shall ye say of the LORD God of Israel As touching the words which thou hast heard

  • 2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said What title is that that I see Then he said of the man of the city him It is the sepulchre of the man of God which came from Judah and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel

  • 2 Kings 23:18 - And he said Let him alone let no man move So they let his bones alone So they let his bones So they let his bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria

  • 2 Kings 23:21 - commanded And the king all the people saying Keep the passover unto the LORD your God as it is written in the book of this covenant

  • 2 Kings 23:27 - of which I said And the LORD Judah I will remove also out of my sight I will remove Israel and will cast off this city which I have chosen Jerusalem and the house of which I said My name

  • 2 Kings 25:24 - sware And Gedaliah and said unto them Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon and it shall be well

  • 2 Samuel 1:3 - said And David unto him From whence comest said unto him Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped

  • 2 Samuel 1:4 - me And he answered And David unto him How went the matter I pray thee tell me And he answered are fled That the people from the battle and many also are fallen That the people and dead and Saul and Jonathan his son and dead

  • 2 Samuel 1:5 - said And David unto the young man that told him How knowest be dead thou that Saul and Jonathan his son

  • 2 Samuel 1:6 - him said And the young man that told by chance As I happened upon mount Gilboa behold Saul leaned upon his spear and lo the chariots and horsemen followed hard

  • 2 Samuel 1:7 - And when he looked behind him he saw me and called unto me And I answered

  • 2 Samuel 1:8 - And he said And he said him I am an Amalekite

  • 2 Samuel 1:9 - He said unto me again Stand I pray thee upon me and slay is come me for anguish upon me because my life

  • 2 Samuel 1:13 - him Whence art thou And he answered And David unto the young man that told him Whence art thou And he answered I am the son of a stranger an Amalekite

  • 2 Samuel 1:14 - said And David unto him How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy anointed the LORD'S

  • 2 Samuel 1:15 - called And David one of the young men and said Go near and fall upon him And he smote him that he died

  • 2 Samuel 1:16 - against thee saying And David unto him Thy blood be upon thy head for thy mouth hath testified against thee saying I have slain anointed the LORD'S

  • 2 Samuel 1:18 - Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow behold it is written in the book of Jasher

  • 2 Samuel 2:1 - And it came to pass after this enquired And David And the LORD And he said Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah And he said And the LORD Shall I go up And he said And David Shall I go up And he said Unto Hebron

  • 2 Samuel 2:4 - came of Judah and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah And they told David saying of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul