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 23:3: "And David's said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here"
1 Samuel 23:4: "again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for"
1 Samuel 23:7: "was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for"
1 Samuel 23:9: "secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither"
1 Samuel 23:10: " Then said O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard"
1 Samuel 23:11: "tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down."
1 Samuel 23:12: " Then said Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?"
1 Samuel 23:12: "into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up."
1 Samuel 23:17: " And he said him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father"
1 Samuel 23:19: "to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with"
1 Samuel 23:21: "And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on"
1 Samuel 23:22: "hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtlely."
1 Samuel 23:27: "unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines"
1 Samuel 24:1: "from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness"
1 Samuel 24:4: "And the men said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD"
1 Samuel 24:4: "the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver"
1 Samuel 24:6: " And he said The LORD forbid that I should do"
1 Samuel 24:8: "the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul"
1 Samuel 24:9: "And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words,"
1 Samuel 24:9: "thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?"
1 Samuel 24:10: "thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said,"
1 Samuel 24:10: "and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand"
1 Samuel 24:13: "As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked:"
1 Samuel 24:16: "unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David?"
1 Samuel 24:17: " And he said David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou"
1 Samuel 25:5: "ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go"
1 Samuel 25:6: "And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace"
1 Samuel 25:10: "David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son"
1 Samuel 25:13: "And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on"
1 Samuel 25:14: "told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David"
1 Samuel 25:19: " And she said Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told"
1 Samuel 25:21: "Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that"
1 Samuel 25:24: "And fell his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid,"
1 Samuel 25:32: "And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which"
1 Samuel 25:35: "of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house;"
1 Samuel 25:39: "that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded"
1 Samuel 25:40: "to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take"
1 Samuel 25:41: "on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash"
1 Samuel 26:1: "unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill"
1 Samuel 26:6: "Then answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai"
1 Samuel 26:6: "of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to"
1 Samuel 26:6: "to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with"
1 Samuel 26:8: " Then said to David, God hath delivered thine enemy"
1 Samuel 26:9: "And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who"
1 Samuel 26:10: "David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite"
1 Samuel 26:14: "Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner"
1 Samuel 26:14: "Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to"
1 Samuel 26:15: "And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who"
1 Samuel 26:17: "David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David?"
1 Samuel 26:17: "my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king."
