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 11:12: "And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign"
1 Samuel 11:12: "unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring"
1 Samuel 11:13: "And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for"
1 Samuel 11:14: " Then said to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew"
1 Samuel 12:1: "And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice"
1 Samuel 12:1: "unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over"
1 Samuel 12:4: " And they said, defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught"
1 Samuel 12:5: " And he said them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day,"
1 Samuel 12:5: "found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness."
1 Samuel 12:6: "And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced"
1 Samuel 12:10: "And they cried the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken"
1 Samuel 12:12: "of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign"
1 Samuel 12:19: "And all said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants"
1 Samuel 12:20: "And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done"
1 Samuel 13:3: "the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear."
1 Samuel 13:4: "And all heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison"
1 Samuel 13:9: "And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering."
1 Samuel 13:11: "And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw"
1 Samuel 13:11: "What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people"
1 Samuel 13:12: " Therefore said will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication"
1 Samuel 13:13: "And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept"
1 Samuel 13:19: "of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords"
1 Samuel 14:1: "that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armor,"
1 Samuel 14:6: "And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over"
1 Samuel 14:7: "And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn"
1 Samuel 14:8: " Then said Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves"
1 Samuel 14:9: "If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to"
1 Samuel 14:10: "But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD"
1 Samuel 14:11: "the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of"
1 Samuel 14:12: "Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show"
1 Samuel 14:12: "to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer,"
1 Samuel 14:17: " Then said unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see"
1 Samuel 14:18: "And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark"
1 Samuel 14:19: "went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw"
1 Samuel 14:24: "had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth"
1 Samuel 14:28: "Then answered of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath,"
1 Samuel 14:28: "of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying,"
1 Samuel 14:29: " Then said My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you,"
1 Samuel 14:33: "Then they told saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat"
1 Samuel 14:33: "in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone"
1 Samuel 14:34: "And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man"
1 Samuel 14:34: "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox,"
1 Samuel 14:36: "And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until"
1 Samuel 14:36: "and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good"
1 Samuel 14:36: "whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto"
1 Samuel 14:38: "And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know"
1 Samuel 14:40: " Then said all Israel, Be ye on one side,"
1 Samuel 14:40: "on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth"
1 Samuel 14:41: "Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect"
1 Samuel 14:42: "And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken."
