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:
2 Samuel 18:18: "is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance:"
2 Samuel 18:19: " Then said the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear"
2 Samuel 18:20: "And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,"
2 Samuel 18:21: " Then said to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen."
2 Samuel 18:22: " Then said the son of Zadok yet again to Joab,"
2 Samuel 18:22: "run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou"
2 Samuel 18:23: "But howsoever, And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way"
2 Samuel 18:25: "and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth."
2 Samuel 18:26: "called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone."
2 Samuel 18:26: "running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings."
2 Samuel 18:27: "And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running"
2 Samuel 18:27: "the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh"
2 Samuel 18:28: "And Ahimaaz and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth"
2 Samuel 18:28: "to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which"
2 Samuel 18:29: "And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab"
2 Samuel 18:29: "Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's"
2 Samuel 18:30: "And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still."
2 Samuel 18:31: "came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for"
2 Samuel 18:32: "And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi"
2 Samuel 18:32: "Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all"
2 Samuel 18:33: "and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son"
2 Samuel 19:2: "for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved"
2 Samuel 19:5: "into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces"
2 Samuel 19:8: "And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate."
2 Samuel 19:9: "throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand"
2 Samuel 19:11: "and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah,"
2 Samuel 19:11: "unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring"
2 Samuel 19:13: " And say Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do"
2 Samuel 19:19: " And said the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither"
2 Samuel 19:21: "of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for"
2 Samuel 19:22: "And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be"
2 Samuel 19:23: "Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore"
2 Samuel 19:25: "to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with"
2 Samuel 19:26: " And he answered, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said,"
2 Samuel 19:26: "deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon,"
2 Samuel 19:29: "And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou"
2 Samuel 19:29: "speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide"
2 Samuel 19:30: "And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,"
2 Samuel 19:33: "And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed"
2 Samuel 19:34: "And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live,"
2 Samuel 19:38: "And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him"
2 Samuel 19:41: "came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren"
2 Samuel 19:43: "the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we"
2 Samuel 20:1: "a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither"
2 Samuel 20:4: " Then said to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah"
2 Samuel 20:6: "And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri"
2 Samuel 20:9: "And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took"
2 Samuel 20:11: "stood by him, and said, He that"
2 Samuel 20:16: "the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near"
2 Samuel 20:17: "And when he was come near her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I"
