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:
2 Kings 3:7: "Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go"
2 Kings 3:7: "me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses"
2 Kings 3:8: " And he said, way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness"
2 Kings 3:8: "way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom."
2 Kings 3:10: "And the king said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these"
2 Kings 3:11: "But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of"
2 Kings 3:11: "him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here"
2 Kings 3:12: "And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel"
2 Kings 3:13: "And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to"
2 Kings 3:13: "of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called"
2 Kings 3:14: "And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,"
2 Kings 3:16: " And he said, saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches."
2 Kings 3:16: "And he said, saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches."
2 Kings 3:17: "For saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither"
2 Kings 3:23: " And they said, is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten"
2 Kings 4:1: "of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead;"
2 Kings 4:2: "And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast"
2 Kings 4:2: "me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house,"
2 Kings 4:3: " Then he said, borrow thee vessels abroad of"
2 Kings 4:6: "And it came to pass, were full, that she said unto her son, Bring"
2 Kings 4:6: "Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel"
2 Kings 4:7: "the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil,"
2 Kings 4:9: " And she said her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this"
2 Kings 4:12: " And he said Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called"
2 Kings 4:13: " And he said now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with"
2 Kings 4:13: "And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with"
2 Kings 4:13: "to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people."
2 Kings 4:14: " And he said, then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child,"
2 Kings 4:14: "then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband"
2 Kings 4:15: " And he said, her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door."
2 Kings 4:16: " And he said, season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son."
2 Kings 4:16: "thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God,"
2 Kings 4:19: " And he said his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad,"
2 Kings 4:19: "his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to"
2 Kings 4:22: "And she called her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of"
2 Kings 4:23: " And he said, wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon,"
2 Kings 4:23: "new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well."
2 Kings 4:24: "Then she saddled and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack"
2 Kings 4:24: "not thy riding for me, except I bid"
2 Kings 4:25: "of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,"
2 Kings 4:26: "I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well"
2 Kings 4:26: "with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well."
2 Kings 4:27: "to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed"
2 Kings 4:28: " Then she said, a son of my lord? did I not say,"
2 Kings 4:28: "of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive"
2 Kings 4:29: " Then he said Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way:"
2 Kings 4:30: "And the mother said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not"
2 Kings 4:31: "Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked."
2 Kings 4:36: "And he called and said, Call this Shunammite."
2 Kings 4:36: "this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son."
