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:
Genesis 26:32: "him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water."
Genesis 27:1: "Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said"
Genesis 27:1: "son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,"
Genesis 27:2: " And he said, now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:"
Genesis 27:6: "And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard"
Genesis 27:6: "unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father"
Genesis 27:6: "unto Esau thy brother, saying,"
Genesis 27:11: "And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother"
Genesis 27:13: "And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice,"
Genesis 27:18: "And he came his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who"
Genesis 27:18: "his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?"
Genesis 27:19: "And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done"
Genesis 27:20: "And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly,"
Genesis 27:20: "that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought"
Genesis 27:21: "And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son,"
Genesis 27:22: "Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands"
Genesis 27:24: " And he said, my very son Esau? And he said, I"
Genesis 27:24: "my very son Esau? And he said, I"
Genesis 27:25: " And he said, to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul"
Genesis 27:26: "And his father said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
Genesis 27:27: "the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell"
Genesis 27:31: "savory meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat"
Genesis 27:32: "And Isaac said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son,"
Genesis 27:32: "said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau."
Genesis 27:33: "And Isaac very exceedingly, and said, Who?"
Genesis 27:34: "exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also,"
Genesis 27:35: " And he said, came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing."
Genesis 27:36: " And he said, named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times:"
Genesis 27:36: "and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing"
Genesis 27:37: "And Isaac and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all"
Genesis 27:38: "And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless"
Genesis 27:39: "And Isaac answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be"
Genesis 27:41: "his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father"
Genesis 27:42: "Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau,"
Genesis 27:46: "And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because"
Genesis 28:1: "Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife"
Genesis 28:6: "him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not"
Genesis 28:13: "stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham"
Genesis 28:16: "And Jacob out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is"
Genesis 28:17: "And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none"
Genesis 28:20: "And Jacob a vow, saying, If God will be with"
Genesis 29:4: "And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran"
Genesis 29:4: "unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we."
Genesis 29:5: " And he said ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know"
Genesis 29:5: "Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know"
Genesis 29:6: " And he said And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh"
Genesis 29:6: "And he said And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh"
Genesis 29:7: " And he said, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle"
Genesis 29:8: " And they said, until all the flocks be gathered together,"
Genesis 29:14: "And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with"
