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 21:2: "unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have"
1 Kings 21:3: "And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give"
1 Kings 21:4: "the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance"
1 Kings 21:6: "unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money;"
1 Kings 21:6: "I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard."
1 Kings 21:7: "And Jezebel said unto him, Dost thou now govern"
1 Kings 21:9: "And she wrote saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth"
1 Kings 21:10: "of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out,"
1 Kings 21:13: "Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king."
1 Kings 21:14: "Then they sent Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead."
1 Kings 21:15: "was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession"
1 Kings 21:17: "to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"
1 Kings 21:19: "And thou shalt speak him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also"
1 Kings 21:19: "him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?"
1 Kings 21:19: "taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place"
1 Kings 21:19: "unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs"
1 Kings 21:20: "And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found"
1 Kings 21:20: "Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work"
1 Kings 21:23: "spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel"
1 Kings 21:28: "to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"
1 Kings 22:3: "And the king said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead"
1 Kings 22:4: " And he said Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat"
1 Kings 22:4: "me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people"
1 Kings 22:5: "And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at"
1 Kings 22:6: "gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go"
1 Kings 22:6: "against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord"
1 Kings 22:7: "And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire"
1 Kings 22:8: "And the king said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,"
1 Kings 22:8: "concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king"
1 Kings 22:8: "evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so."
1 Kings 22:9: "called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son"
1 Kings 22:11: "made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these"
1 Kings 22:11: "of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push"
1 Kings 22:12: "prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD"
1 Kings 22:13: "Micaiah spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets"
1 Kings 22:14: "And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto"
1 Kings 22:14: "liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak."
1 Kings 22:15: "the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against"
1 Kings 22:15: "to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD"
1 Kings 22:16: "And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure"
1 Kings 22:17: " And he said, all Israel scattered upon the hills,"
1 Kings 22:17: "have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return"
1 Kings 22:18: "And the king said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell"
1 Kings 22:18: "unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good"
1 Kings 22:19: " And he said, thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD"
1 Kings 22:20: "And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall"
1 Kings 22:20: "and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner."
1 Kings 22:20: "said on this manner, and another said on that manner."
1 Kings 22:21: "and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade"
1 Kings 22:22: "And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying"
