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:
Judges 16:12: "new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson."
Judges 16:13: "And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told"
Judges 16:13: "me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If"
Judges 16:14: "And she fastened and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked"
Judges 16:15: " And she said him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with"
Judges 16:15: "And she said him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with"
Judges 16:17: "all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon"
Judges 16:18: "and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed"
Judges 16:20: " And she said, be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said,"
Judges 16:20: "thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before,"
Judges 16:23: "unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson"
Judges 16:24: "their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands"
Judges 16:25: "their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called"
Judges 16:26: "And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel"
Judges 16:28: "unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee,"
Judges 16:30: "And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might;"
Judges 17:2: " And he said The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou"
Judges 17:2: "that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold,"
Judges 17:2: "is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son."
Judges 17:3: "the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated"
Judges 17:9: "And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I"
Judges 17:9: "unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite"
Judges 17:10: "And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I"
Judges 17:13: " Then said Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing"
Judges 18:2: "from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said"
Judges 18:3: "the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what"
Judges 18:4: " And he said them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am"
Judges 18:5: " And they said we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we"
Judges 18:6: "And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein"
Judges 18:8: "to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?"
Judges 18:9: " And they said, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land,"
Judges 18:14: "the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that"
Judges 18:18: "the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do"
Judges 18:19: " And they said lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with"
Judges 18:23: "of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?"
Judges 18:24: " And he said, my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away:"
Judges 18:24: "have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What"
Judges 18:25: "And the children said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among"
Judges 19:5: "to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, Comfort thine heart"
Judges 19:6: "of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee,"
Judges 19:8: "to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried"
Judges 19:9: "his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth"
Judges 19:11: "was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee,"
Judges 19:12: "And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger,"
Judges 19:13: " And he said Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah,"
Judges 19:17: "of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence"
Judges 19:18: " And he said him, We are passing from Bethlehem-judah toward"
Judges 19:20: "And the old said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon"
Judges 19:22: "of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spoke"
Judges 19:22: "at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying,"
