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 26:18: " And he said, doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for"
1 Samuel 26:19: "from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other"
1 Samuel 26:21: " Then said I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no"
1 Samuel 26:22: "And David and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men"
1 Samuel 26:25: "Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David:"
1 Samuel 27:1: "And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day"
1 Samuel 27:5: "And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace"
1 Samuel 27:10: "And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road today? And David said, Against"
1 Samuel 27:10: "have ye made a road today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against"
1 Samuel 27:11: "nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying,"
1 Samuel 27:11: "Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so"
1 Samuel 27:12: "And Achish David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor"
1 Samuel 28:1: "to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly,"
1 Samuel 28:2: "And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know"
1 Samuel 28:2: "thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make"
1 Samuel 28:7: " Then said unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go"
1 Samuel 28:7: "to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath"
1 Samuel 28:8: "to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring"
1 Samuel 28:8: "and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto"
1 Samuel 28:9: "And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what"
1 Samuel 28:10: "And Saul to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment"
1 Samuel 28:11: " Then said Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up"
1 Samuel 28:11: "Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel."
1 Samuel 28:12: "with a loud voice: and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why"
1 Samuel 28:12: "spoke to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul."
1 Samuel 28:13: "And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman"
1 Samuel 28:13: "what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods"
1 Samuel 28:14: " And he said form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he"
1 Samuel 28:14: "And he said form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he"
1 Samuel 28:15: "And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?"
1 Samuel 28:15: "hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines"
1 Samuel 28:16: " Then said Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from"
1 Samuel 28:21: "that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed"
1 Samuel 28:23: "But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled"
1 Samuel 29:3: " Then said of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said"
1 Samuel 29:3: "do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not"
1 Samuel 29:4: "with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again"
1 Samuel 29:5: "of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David"
1 Samuel 29:6: "Then Achish David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth,"
1 Samuel 29:8: "And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what"
1 Samuel 29:9: "And Achish and said to David, I know that thou"
1 Samuel 29:9: "notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle."
1 Samuel 30:6: "distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all"
1 Samuel 30:7: "And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee,"
1 Samuel 30:8: "And David at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop?"
1 Samuel 30:8: "this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake"
1 Samuel 30:13: "And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou?"
1 Samuel 30:13: "belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man"
1 Samuel 30:15: "And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said,"
1 Samuel 30:15: "to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill"
