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:
1 Samuel 8:19: "to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have"
1 Samuel 8:22: "And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king."
1 Samuel 8:22: "unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel,"
1 Samuel 9:3: "father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take"
1 Samuel 9:5: "to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come,"
1 Samuel 9:6: " And he said now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable"
1 Samuel 9:7: " Then said to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man?"
1 Samuel 9:8: "Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part"
1 Samuel 9:9: "to inquire of God, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go to the seer:"
1 Samuel 9:10: " Then said to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went"
1 Samuel 9:11: "going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?"
1 Samuel 9:12: "And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for"
1 Samuel 9:15: "before Saul came, saying,"
1 Samuel 9:17: "unto him, Behold the man whom I spoke to thee of! this same shall reign over my people."
1 Samuel 9:18: "Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where"
1 Samuel 9:19: "Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before"
1 Samuel 9:21: "And Saul and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest"
1 Samuel 9:23: "And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave"
1 Samuel 9:23: "which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by"
1 Samuel 9:24: "it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before"
1 Samuel 9:24: "for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat"
1 Samuel 9:26: "called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul"
1 Samuel 9:27: "to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant"
1 Samuel 9:27: "said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,)"
1 Samuel 10:1: "it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed"
1 Samuel 10:2: "sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which"
1 Samuel 10:2: "the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?"
1 Samuel 10:11: "that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to"
1 Samuel 10:12: "And one answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore"
1 Samuel 10:14: "And Saul's said unto him and to his servant, Whither went"
1 Samuel 10:14: "his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw"
1 Samuel 10:15: "And Saul's said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said"
1 Samuel 10:15: "me, I pray thee, what Samuel said"
1 Samuel 10:16: "And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses"
1 Samuel 10:16: "But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not."
1 Samuel 10:18: " And said the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God"
1 Samuel 10:18: "the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I"
1 Samuel 10:19: "you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king"
1 Samuel 10:22: "come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among"
1 Samuel 10:24: "And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD"
1 Samuel 10:24: "And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king."
1 Samuel 10:27: "But the children said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought"
1 Samuel 11:1: "Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make"
1 Samuel 11:2: "And Nahash answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all"
1 Samuel 11:3: "And the elders said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send"
1 Samuel 11:5: "out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep?"
1 Samuel 11:7: "of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after"
1 Samuel 11:9: " And they said that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead,"
1 Samuel 11:9: "that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow,"
1 Samuel 11:10: "Therefore the men said, Tomorrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all"
