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 24:8: "And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate"
2 Chronicles 24:20: "which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God,"
2 Chronicles 24:20: "above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress"
2 Chronicles 24:22: "his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require"
2 Chronicles 25:4: "where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for"
2 Chronicles 25:7: "of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel"
2 Chronicles 25:9: "And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents"
2 Chronicles 25:9: "of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more"
2 Chronicles 25:15: "and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods"
2 Chronicles 25:16: "And it came to pass, with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear;"
2 Chronicles 25:16: "shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God hath determined"
2 Chronicles 25:17: "of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face."
2 Chronicles 25:18: "Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent"
2 Chronicles 25:18: "the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son"
2 Chronicles 25:19: " Thou sayest, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast:"
2 Chronicles 26:18: "And they withstood the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense"
2 Chronicles 26:23: "which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son"
2 Chronicles 28:9: "the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers"
2 Chronicles 28:10: "And now purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen"
2 Chronicles 28:13: " And said bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against"
2 Chronicles 28:13: "we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins"
2 Chronicles 28:23: "of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria"
2 Chronicles 29:5: " And said me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house"
2 Chronicles 29:18: "to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house"
2 Chronicles 29:21: "and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron"
2 Chronicles 29:24: "Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel."
2 Chronicles 29:27: "And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began,"
2 Chronicles 29:30: "Moreover Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words"
2 Chronicles 29:31: "Then Hezekiah and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near"
2 Chronicles 30:6: "Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again"
2 Chronicles 30:18: "But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon"
2 Chronicles 31:4: " Moreover he commanded that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites,"
2 Chronicles 31:10: "priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began"
2 Chronicles 31:10: "of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring"
2 Chronicles 31:11: "Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared"
2 Chronicles 32:1: "against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for"
2 Chronicles 32:4: "that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come,"
2 Chronicles 32:6: "of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,"
2 Chronicles 32:9: "Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,"
2 Chronicles 32:10: "Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye"
2 Chronicles 32:11: "yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand"
2 Chronicles 32:12: "his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship"
2 Chronicles 32:12: "and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar,"
2 Chronicles 32:17: "on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations"
2 Chronicles 32:17: "of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not"
2 Chronicles 32:24: "and prayed unto the LORD: and he spoke unto him, and he gave him a sign."
2 Chronicles 33:4: "of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever."
2 Chronicles 33:7: "of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon"
2 Chronicles 33:16: "peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD"
2 Chronicles 34:15: "And Hilkiah and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book"
