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:
Nehemiah 4:12: "which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all"
Nehemiah 4:14: "And I looked, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to"
Nehemiah 4:19: " And I said the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people,"
Nehemiah 4:22: "Likewise time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge"
Nehemiah 5:2: "For there were said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up"
Nehemiah 5:3: "Some also there were said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses,"
Nehemiah 5:4: "There were said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands"
Nehemiah 5:7: "the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one"
Nehemiah 5:8: " And I said after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold"
Nehemiah 5:9: " Also I said, good that ye do: ought ye not"
Nehemiah 5:12: " Then said them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as"
Nehemiah 5:12: "will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath"
Nehemiah 5:13: "Also my lap, and said, So God shake out"
Nehemiah 5:13: "be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised"
Nehemiah 6:2: "sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages"
Nehemiah 6:3: "And I sent unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,"
Nehemiah 6:6: "among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel:"
Nehemiah 6:7: "to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported"
Nehemiah 6:8: "Then I sent him, saying, There are no such things done as"
Nehemiah 6:8: "things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart."
Nehemiah 6:9: "For made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from"
Nehemiah 6:10: "of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God,"
Nehemiah 6:11: " And I said, flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go"
Nehemiah 6:19: "Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words"
Nehemiah 7:3: " And I said the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot;"
Nehemiah 7:65: "And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things,"
Nehemiah 8:1: "was before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring"
Nehemiah 8:9: "that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day"
Nehemiah 8:10: " Then he said your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions"
Nehemiah 8:11: "all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy;"
Nehemiah 8:15: "and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch"
Nehemiah 9:5: "Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD"
Nehemiah 9:15: "and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess"
Nehemiah 9:18: "they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up"
Nehemiah 9:23: "them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess"
Nehemiah 13:9: " Then I commanded, the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God,"
Nehemiah 13:11: "Then contended the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken?"
Nehemiah 13:17: "the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this"
Nehemiah 13:19: "began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that"
Nehemiah 13:19: "I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till"
Nehemiah 13:21: "Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall?"
Nehemiah 13:22: " And I commanded that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates,"
Esther 1:10: "of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha,"
Esther 1:13: "Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's"
Esther 1:16: "And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not"
Esther 1:17: "so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded"
Esther 1:17: "when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in"
Esther 1:18: "Likewise shall the ladies and Media say this day unto all the king's"
Esther 2:2: " Then said servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins"
Esther 2:13: "the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with"
