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 35:2: "Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with"
Genesis 35:10: "And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more"
Genesis 35:11: "And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation"
Genesis 35:17: "labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son"
Genesis 37:6: " And he said them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:"
Genesis 37:8: "And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion"
Genesis 37:9: "dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more;"
Genesis 37:10: "his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that"
Genesis 37:13: "And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem?"
Genesis 37:13: "come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here"
Genesis 37:14: " And he said I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well"
Genesis 37:15: "in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest"
Genesis 37:16: " And he said, seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where"
Genesis 37:17: "And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say,"
Genesis 37:17: "hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph"
Genesis 37:19: " And they said to another, Behold, this dreamer"
Genesis 37:20: "him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see"
Genesis 37:21: "it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill"
Genesis 37:22: "And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into"
Genesis 37:26: "And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay"
Genesis 37:30: "And he returned his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither"
Genesis 37:32: "and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now"
Genesis 37:33: "And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph"
Genesis 37:35: "to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto"
Genesis 38:8: "And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry"
Genesis 38:11: " Then said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's house,"
Genesis 38:11: "my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also,"
Genesis 38:13: "And it was told saying, Behold thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear"
Genesis 38:16: "her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto"
Genesis 38:16: "that she was his daughter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in"
Genesis 38:17: " And he said, will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,"
Genesis 38:17: "thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till"
Genesis 38:18: " And he said, pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff"
Genesis 38:18: "pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that"
Genesis 38:21: "the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly"
Genesis 38:21: "was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this"
Genesis 38:22: "And he returned Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men"
Genesis 38:22: "her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this"
Genesis 38:23: "And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent"
Genesis 38:24: "months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot;"
Genesis 38:24: "behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
Genesis 38:25: "sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I"
Genesis 38:25: "these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these,"
Genesis 38:26: "And Judah them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that"
Genesis 38:28: "upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first."
Genesis 38:29: "that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon"
Genesis 39:7: "her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with"
Genesis 39:8: "But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth"
Genesis 39:12: "And she caught saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand,"
Genesis 39:14: "That she called of her house, and spoke unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew"
