Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H559

אָמַר

a.mar · “to say

Used 5,318 times across 39 books

Definition
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
Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)
Where it appears
Genesis
606
Exodus
299
Leviticus
80
Numbers
246
Deuteronomy
142
Joshua
139
Judges
269
Ruth
54
1 Samuel
425
2 Samuel
335
1 Kings
326
2 Kings
345
1 Chronicles
72
2 Chronicles
184
Ezra
15
Nehemiah
63
Esther
53
Job
97
Psalms
101
Proverbs
25
Ecclesiastes
20
Song of Solomon
2
Isaiah
247
Jeremiah
478
Lamentations
10
Ezekiel
363
Daniel
23
Hosea
22
Joel
5
Amos
52
Obadiah
2
Jonah
22
Micah
10
Nahum
2
Habakkuk
3
Zephaniah
5
Haggai
26
Zechariah
110
Malachi
40
In the text
Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.Genesis 1:24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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