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)


  • Ecclesiastes 8:14 - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth There is of the righteous men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked There is of the wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous I said that this also a vanity

  • Ecclesiastes 8:17 - Then I beheld all the work of God cannot a man find out all the work because that is done under the sun though because labour a man to seek it out find out man think it yea further though a wise to know cannot find out

  • Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Then said is better I Wisdom than strength I Wisdom nevertheless the poor man's is despised and his words are not heard

  • Ecclesiastes 10:3 - by the way Yea also when he that is a fool walketh his wisdom faileth him and he saith Yea also when he that is a fool

  • Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember now thy Creator days of thy youth come days while the evil draw nigh not nor the years when thou shalt say I have no pleasure

  • Ecclesiastes 12:8 - Vanity Vanity saith the preacher Vanity

  • Esther 1:10 - day On the seventh was merry when the heart of the king with wine he commanded Mehuman Biztha Harbona Bigtha and Abagtha Zethar and Carcas the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of the king of Ahasuerus

  • Esther 1:13 - said for so was the king's to the wise men all that knew the times manner for so was the king's toward all that knew law and judgment

  • Esther 1:16 - answered And Memucan before of the king and the princes of the king hath not done wrong Vashti the queen and the princes and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus

  • Esther 1:17 - shall come abroad For this deed of the queen unto all women so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes commanded The king Ahasuerus commanded him but she came Vashti of the queen before him but she came

  • Esther 1:18 - this day say Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media which have heard of the deed of the queen princes unto all the king's Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath

  • Esther 2:2 - Then said servants for the king that ministered sought for the king young virgins unto him Let there be fair

  • Esther 2:13 - every maiden Then thus came unto the king whatsoever she desired was given Then thus came house of the women house unto the king

  • Esther 2:15 - was come Now when the turn And Esther her for his daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter to go in the king's she required nothing appointed but what Hegai chamberlain the king's the keeper of the women And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked

  • Esther 2:22 - was known And the thing thereof in Mordecai's who told and Esther the queen certified and Esther the king name thereof in Mordecai's

  • Esther 3:3 - said servants Then the king's gate Then the king's unto Mordecai Why transgressest commandment Then the king's

  • Esther 3:4 - Now it came to pass when they spake daily daily unto him and he hearkened for he had told Haman to see would stand matters whether Mordecai's for he had told them that he was a Jew

  • Esther 3:8 - said And Haman therefore it is not for the king's Ahasuerus There is among the people a certain scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom and their laws are diverse among the people and their laws therefore it is not for the king's neither keep therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer

  • Esther 3:11 - said And the king unto Haman The silver is given to thee the people also to do good with them as it seemeth

  • Esther 4:7 - told And Mordecai him of all that had happened unto him and of the sum of the money had promised that Haman to pay treasuries to the king's for the Jews to destroy