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 19:11: " And he said, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD"
1 Kings 19:13: "And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?"
1 Kings 19:14: " And he said, for the LORD God of hosts: because the children"
1 Kings 19:15: "And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus:"
1 Kings 19:20: "and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother,"
1 Kings 19:20: "my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for"
1 Kings 20:2: "king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,"
1 Kings 20:2: "into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,"
1 Kings 20:4: "And the king answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I"
1 Kings 20:5: "And the messengers and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although"
1 Kings 20:5: "and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent"
1 Kings 20:5: "Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying,"
1 Kings 20:5: "Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives,"
1 Kings 20:7: "all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how"
1 Kings 20:8: "and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor"
1 Kings 20:9: " Wherefore he said of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that"
1 Kings 20:9: "Wherefore he said of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that"
1 Kings 20:10: "And Ben-hadad unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more"
1 Kings 20:11: "And the king answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself"
1 Kings 20:12: "he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set"
1 Kings 20:13: "Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen"
1 Kings 20:13: "of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all"
1 Kings 20:14: "And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men"
1 Kings 20:14: "And Ahab By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men"
1 Kings 20:14: "By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces."
1 Kings 20:14: "Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered,"
1 Kings 20:14: "Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou."
1 Kings 20:17: "and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria."
1 Kings 20:18: " And he said, they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out"
1 Kings 20:22: "to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see"
1 Kings 20:23: "And the servants of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills;"
1 Kings 20:28: "And there came of God, and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said,"
1 Kings 20:28: "unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because"
1 Kings 20:28: "of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians"
1 Kings 20:28: "the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills,"
1 Kings 20:31: "And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings"
1 Kings 20:32: "to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee,"
1 Kings 20:32: "and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said,"
1 Kings 20:32: "I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother."
1 Kings 20:33: "whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go"
1 Kings 20:33: "it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth"
1 Kings 20:34: " And Ben-hadad said him, The cities, which my father took from"
1 Kings 20:35: "of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor in the word"
1 Kings 20:36: " Then said thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold,"
1 Kings 20:37: "Then he found man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote"
1 Kings 20:39: "cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle;"
1 Kings 20:39: "and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man:"
1 Kings 20:40: "was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself"
1 Kings 20:42: " And he said him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand"
1 Kings 20:42: "And he said him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand"
