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:
Jeremiah 29:22: "of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab,"
Jeremiah 29:24: " Thus shalt thou also speak Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,"
Jeremiah 29:24: "Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,"
Jeremiah 29:25: "Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because"
Jeremiah 29:25: "of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent"
Jeremiah 29:25: "the priest, and to all the priests, saying,"
Jeremiah 29:28: "he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build"
Jeremiah 29:30: "of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 29:31: "all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning"
Jeremiah 29:31: "them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite;"
Jeremiah 29:32: "Therefore saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah"
Jeremiah 30:1: "Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 30:2: "Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee"
Jeremiah 30:2: "the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words"
Jeremiah 30:3: "of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land"
Jeremiah 30:5: "For saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear,"
Jeremiah 30:12: "For saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous."
Jeremiah 30:18: "Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents,"
Jeremiah 31:2: "Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace"
Jeremiah 31:7: "For saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout"
Jeremiah 31:7: "of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people,"
Jeremiah 31:10: "and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather"
Jeremiah 31:15: "Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter"
Jeremiah 31:16: "Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes"
Jeremiah 31:23: "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use"
Jeremiah 31:23: "the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land"
Jeremiah 31:29: "In those they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape,"
Jeremiah 31:34: "and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for"
Jeremiah 31:35: "Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances"
Jeremiah 31:37: "Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured,"
Jeremiah 32:3: "king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say,"
Jeremiah 32:3: "Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold,"
Jeremiah 32:3: "prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give"
Jeremiah 32:6: "And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:6: "of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:7: "thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that"
Jeremiah 32:8: "of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field,"
Jeremiah 32:13: "Baruch before them, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:14: "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take"
Jeremiah 32:15: "For saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses"
Jeremiah 32:16: "I prayed unto the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:25: "And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money,"
Jeremiah 32:26: "of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 32:28: "Therefore saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this"
Jeremiah 32:36: "And now thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning"
Jeremiah 32:36: "city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon"
Jeremiah 32:42: "For saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all"
Jeremiah 32:43: "land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without"
Jeremiah 33:1: "shut up in the court of the prison, saying,"
Jeremiah 33:2: "Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD"
