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 Kings 17:12: " And she said, thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but"
1 Kings 17:13: "And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said:"
1 Kings 17:14: "For saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal"
1 Kings 17:18: " And she said Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto"
1 Kings 17:19: " And he said her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom,"
1 Kings 17:20: "And he cried the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil"
1 Kings 17:21: "and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this"
1 Kings 17:23: "and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth."
1 Kings 17:24: "And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that"
1 Kings 18:1: "Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab;"
1 Kings 18:5: "And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all"
1 Kings 18:7: "him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?"
1 Kings 18:8: " And he answered am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah"
1 Kings 18:8: "And he answered am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah"
1 Kings 18:9: " And he said, have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant"
1 Kings 18:10: "my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of"
1 Kings 18:11: "And now sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah"
1 Kings 18:11: "sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah"
1 Kings 18:14: "And now sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah"
1 Kings 18:14: "sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay"
1 Kings 18:15: "And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,"
1 Kings 18:17: "Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth"
1 Kings 18:18: " And he answered, troubled Israel; but thou,"
1 Kings 18:21: "unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye"
1 Kings 18:22: " Then said unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet"
1 Kings 18:24: "And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken."
1 Kings 18:25: "And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress"
1 Kings 18:26: "from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no"
1 Kings 18:27: "that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for"
1 Kings 18:30: "And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people"
1 Kings 18:31: "whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:"
1 Kings 18:33: "in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water,"
1 Kings 18:34: " And he said, And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time."
1 Kings 18:34: "And he said, And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time."
1 Kings 18:36: "that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac,"
1 Kings 18:39: "it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD,"
1 Kings 18:40: "And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one"
1 Kings 18:41: "And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound"
1 Kings 18:43: " And said his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea."
1 Kings 18:43: "the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again"
1 Kings 18:43: "and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times."
1 Kings 18:44: "And it came to pass that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea,"
1 Kings 18:44: "out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto"
1 Kings 18:44: "like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare"
1 Kings 19:2: "a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more"
1 Kings 19:4: "for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away"
1 Kings 19:5: "then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat."
1 Kings 19:7: "came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey"
1 Kings 19:9: "the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?"
1 Kings 19:10: " And he said, for the LORD God of hosts: for the children"
