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;
2 Samuel 15:34 - to the city But if thou return and say unto Absalom I will be thy servant O king I will be thy servant as I have been thy father's hitherto I will be thy servant then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel
2 Samuel 16:2 - said And the king What meanest thou by these And Ziba said What meanest thou by these And Ziba The asses household And the king to ride on and the bread and summer fruit to eat for the young men and the wine may drink that such as be faint in the wilderness
2 Samuel 16:3 - for he said And the king son And where is thy master's for he said And Ziba And the king Behold he abideth at Jerusalem for he said To day restore shall the house of Israel me the kingdom of my father
2 Samuel 16:4 - Then said O king And Ziba Behold thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth Then said And Ziba I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight my lord O king
2 Samuel 16:7 - And thus said Shimei when he cursed Come out Come out and thou man thou bloody and thou man of Belial
2 Samuel 16:9 - Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah the king curse dog Why should this dead my lord the king let me go over I pray thee and take off his head
2 Samuel 16:10 - Who shall then say And the king What have I to do with you ye sons of Zeruiah so let him curse because the LORD Who shall then say so let him curse David Who shall then say Wherefore hast thou done so
2 Samuel 16:11 - hath bidden And David to Abishai and to all his servants Behold my son which came forth of my bowels seeketh my life how much more now may this Benjamite do it let him alone and let him curse hath bidden for the LORD
2 Samuel 16:16 - was come And it came to pass when Hushai the Archite friend David's unto Absalom said And it came to pass when Hushai unto Absalom God save the king God save the king
2 Samuel 16:17 - said And Absalom to Hushai Is this thy kindness thou not with thy friend why wentest thou not with thy friend
2 Samuel 16:18 - said And Hushai unto Absalom choose Nay but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel his will I be and with him will I abide
2 Samuel 16:20 - Then said Absalom to Ahithophel Give counsel among you what we shall do
2 Samuel 16:21 - said And Ahithophel unto Absalom Go in concubines of thy father which he hath left to keep the house shall hear and all Israel that thou art abhorred of thy father of all that are with thee be strong then shall the hands
2 Samuel 17:1 - said Moreover Ahithophel unto Absalom Let me now choose out twelve thousand men and I will arise and pursue after David this night
2 Samuel 17:5 - Then said Absalom Call now Hushai the Archite also and let us hear likewise what he saith
2 Samuel 17:6 - was come And when Hushai Absalom spake Absalom spake after his saying hath spoken Ahithophel shall we do after his saying hath spoken
2 Samuel 17:7 - said And Hushai unto Absalom is not good The counsel hath given that Ahithophel at this time
2 Samuel 17:8 - For said Hushai thou knowest and thy father is a man that they be mighty men and they be chafed in their minds as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field and thy father is a man of war and will not lodge with the people
2 Samuel 17:9 - Behold he is hid now in some pit now in some other place and it will come to pass when some of them be overthrown at the first heareth heareth it will say There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom
2 Samuel 17:14 - said And Absalom and all the men of Israel is better The counsel of Hushai the Archite The counsel of Ahithophel For the LORD had appointed to defeat The counsel of Ahithophel is better to the intent might bring For the LORD And Absalom evil