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 29:15: "And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught?"
Genesis 29:18: "Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel"
Genesis 29:19: "And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man:"
Genesis 29:21: "And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for"
Genesis 29:25: "behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this"
Genesis 29:26: "And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger"
Genesis 29:32: "his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction;"
Genesis 29:33: "and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that"
Genesis 29:34: "and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined"
Genesis 29:35: "and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD:"
Genesis 30:1: "she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob,"
Genesis 30:2: "was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who"
Genesis 30:3: " And she said, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon"
Genesis 30:6: "And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given"
Genesis 30:8: "And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and"
Genesis 30:11: "And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad."
Genesis 30:13: "And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called"
Genesis 30:14: "his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee,"
Genesis 30:15: " And she said that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's"
Genesis 30:15: "mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight"
Genesis 30:16: "and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired"
Genesis 30:18: "And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden"
Genesis 30:20: "And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband"
Genesis 30:23: "And she conceived, a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:"
Genesis 30:24: "his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son."
Genesis 30:25: "Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go"
Genesis 30:27: "And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes,"
Genesis 30:28: " And he said, me thy wages, and I will give"
Genesis 30:29: " And he said him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how"
Genesis 30:31: " And he said, shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing:"
Genesis 30:31: "shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if"
Genesis 30:34: "And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word."
Genesis 31:1: "the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all"
Genesis 31:3: "And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers,"
Genesis 31:5: " And said see your father's countenance, that it is not"
Genesis 31:8: "If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle"
Genesis 31:8: "bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire;"
Genesis 31:11: "And the angel spoke unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here"
Genesis 31:11: "unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here"
Genesis 31:12: " And he said, now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap"
Genesis 31:14: "And Rachel answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's"
Genesis 31:16: "is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do."
Genesis 31:24: "the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to"
Genesis 31:26: "And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares"
Genesis 31:29: "you hurt: but the God of your father spoke unto me last night, saying, Take thou heed"
Genesis 31:29: "spoke unto me last night, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to"
Genesis 31:31: "And Jacob and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said,"
Genesis 31:31: "Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters"
Genesis 31:35: " And she said her father, Let it not displease my lord that"
Genesis 31:36: "with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what"
