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 22:22: "unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit"
1 Kings 22:22: "in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth,"
1 Kings 22:24: "Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit"
1 Kings 22:25: "And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into"
1 Kings 22:26: "And the king said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto"
1 Kings 22:27: " And say, saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,"
1 Kings 22:27: "And say, saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,"
1 Kings 22:28: "And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not"
1 Kings 22:28: "in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every"
1 Kings 22:30: "And the king said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle;"
1 Kings 22:31: "captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small"
1 Kings 22:32: "Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel."
1 Kings 22:34: "between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out"
1 Kings 22:36: "throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man"
1 Kings 22:49: "Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants"
2 Kings 1:2: "and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub"
2 Kings 1:4: "Now therefore saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed"
2 Kings 1:5: "And when the messengers unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?"
2 Kings 1:6: " And they said him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto"
2 Kings 1:6: "a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto"
2 Kings 1:6: "you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not"
2 Kings 1:8: " And they answered and girt with a girdle of leather"
2 Kings 1:8: "and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It"
2 Kings 1:11: "of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly."
2 Kings 1:16: "And he said him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent"
2 Kings 2:2: "And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for"
2 Kings 2:2: "me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,"
2 Kings 2:3: "came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD"
2 Kings 2:3: "from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know"
2 Kings 2:4: "And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD"
2 Kings 2:4: "the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,"
2 Kings 2:5: "came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD"
2 Kings 2:5: "from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know"
2 Kings 2:6: "And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent"
2 Kings 2:6: "the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,"
2 Kings 2:9: "And it came to pass, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what"
2 Kings 2:9: "I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion"
2 Kings 2:10: " And he said, a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from"
2 Kings 2:14: "from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God"
2 Kings 2:15: "were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest"
2 Kings 2:16: " And they said him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty"
2 Kings 2:16: "mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send."
2 Kings 2:17: "And when they urged he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men;"
2 Kings 2:18: "him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto"
2 Kings 2:18: "he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?"
2 Kings 2:19: "And the men said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation"
2 Kings 2:20: " And he said, me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought"
2 Kings 2:21: "and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed"
2 Kings 2:21: "in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters;"
2 Kings 2:23: "children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up,"
