Strong's #559: 'amar (pronounced aw-mar')
a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'âmar
1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one' s heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 5308 times:
Amos 2:12: "to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not."
Amos 3:1: "I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,"
Amos 3:9: "the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria,"
Amos 3:11: "Therefore saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land;"
Amos 3:12: "Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth"
Amos 4:1: "the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink."
Amos 5:3: "For saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand"
Amos 5:4: "For saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:"
Amos 5:14: "shall be with you, as ye have spoken."
Amos 5:16: "the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets;"
Amos 5:16: "Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas!"
Amos 5:17: "for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD."
Amos 5:27: "Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God"
Amos 6:10: "the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet"
Amos 6:10: "of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for"
Amos 6:10: "any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention"
Amos 6:13: "Ye which rejoice which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?"
Amos 7:2: "the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee:"
Amos 7:3: "this: It shall not be, saith the LORD."
Amos 7:5: " Then said GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise?"
Amos 7:6: "also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD."
Amos 7:8: "And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said,"
Amos 7:8: "what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold,"
Amos 7:8: "thou? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line"
Amos 7:10: "Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst"
Amos 7:11: "For Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel"
Amos 7:12: "Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into"
Amos 7:14: "Then answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet,"
Amos 7:15: "me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy"
Amos 7:16: "thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel,"
Amos 7:17: "Therefore saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons"
Amos 8:2: " And he said, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit."
Amos 8:2: "what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD"
Amos 8:2: "And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come"
Amos 8:5: " Saying, will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth"
Amos 8:14: "They that swear of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner"
Amos 9:1: "standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake:"
Amos 9:10: "of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent"
Amos 9:15: "out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God."
Obadiah 1:1: "The vision Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard"
Obadiah 1:3: "of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?"
Jonah 1:1: "Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,"
Jonah 1:6: "So the shipmaster to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise,"
Jonah 1:7: " And they said to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know"
Jonah 1:8: " Then said him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil"
Jonah 1:9: " And he said them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God"
Jonah 1:10: "Then were the men afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done"
Jonah 1:11: " Then said him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto"
Jonah 1:12: " And he said them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm"
Jonah 1:14: "Wherefore they cried the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not"
