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 Chronicles 7:12: "to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen"
2 Chronicles 7:18: "I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler"
2 Chronicles 7:21: "to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus"
2 Chronicles 7:22: " And it shall be answered, they forsook the LORD God of their fathers,"
2 Chronicles 8:11: "unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell"
2 Chronicles 9:5: " And she said the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land"
2 Chronicles 10:3: "and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,"
2 Chronicles 10:5: " And he said them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people"
2 Chronicles 10:6: "Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye"
2 Chronicles 10:7: "And they spoke him, saying, If thou be kind to this people,"
2 Chronicles 10:9: " And he said them, What advice give ye that we may return answer"
2 Chronicles 10:9: "which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that"
2 Chronicles 10:10: "with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that"
2 Chronicles 10:10: "unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spoke unto"
2 Chronicles 10:10: "that spoke unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy,"
2 Chronicles 10:10: "made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say"
2 Chronicles 10:12: "as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day."
2 Chronicles 10:14: "And answered of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy,"
2 Chronicles 10:16: "answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none"
2 Chronicles 11:2: "Shemaiah the man of God, saying,"
2 Chronicles 11:3: " Speak Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to"
2 Chronicles 11:3: "Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,"
2 Chronicles 11:4: "Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against"
2 Chronicles 12:5: "Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD,"
2 Chronicles 12:5: "because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken"
2 Chronicles 12:6: "and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous."
2 Chronicles 12:7: "came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant"
2 Chronicles 13:4: "Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all"
2 Chronicles 13:8: "And now think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons"
2 Chronicles 14:4: " And commanded to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do"
2 Chronicles 14:7: " Therefore he said Let us build these cities, and make about them walls,"
2 Chronicles 14:11: "unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help,"
2 Chronicles 15:2: "And he went out Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah"
2 Chronicles 16:2: "king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,"
2 Chronicles 16:7: "Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king"
2 Chronicles 18:3: "And Ahab of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah,"
2 Chronicles 18:3: "Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people;"
2 Chronicles 18:4: "And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at"
2 Chronicles 18:5: "four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead"
2 Chronicles 18:5: "to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's"
2 Chronicles 18:6: "But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire"
2 Chronicles 18:7: "And the king said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,"
2 Chronicles 18:7: "the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king"
2 Chronicles 18:7: "of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so."
2 Chronicles 18:8: "for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla."
2 Chronicles 18:10: "had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these"
2 Chronicles 18:10: "of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push"
2 Chronicles 18:11: "prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD"
2 Chronicles 18:12: "Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good"
2 Chronicles 18:13: "And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God"
