אָמַרʼâmar
utter, say
Pronunciation: aw-mar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H559
Meanings
1. Say (Genesis 3:1; Genesis 32:5; Numbers 22:28)
2. Say in the heart (= think) (Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Kings 12:26; Psalms 10:6)
3. Promise (1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 4:7)
4. Command (Numbers 15:38; 1 Chronicles 21:18; Joshua 11:9)
Niph`al: be said, told (Daniel 8:26; Genesis 22:14; Isaiah 4:3)
Hiph`il: avow, avouch (Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 26:18)
Hithpa`el: act proudly, boast (Psalms 94:4; Isaiah 61:6)
Same root
- אוֹמָרʼÔwmâr · H201Omar, a grandson of Esau
- אָמִירʼâmîyr · H534a summit (of a tree or mountain
- אֲמַרʼămar · H560{to say (used with great latitude)}
- אֵמֶרʼêmer · H561something said
- אִמֵּרʼImmêr · H564Immer, the name of five Israelites
- אֱמֹרִיʼĔmôrîy · H567an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
- אֲמַרְיָהʼĂmaryâh · H568Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites
- מַאֲמַרmaʼămar · H3982something (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict
Where it appears
Appears 5,308 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Genesis 1:6 Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”
- Genesis 1:9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
- Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
- Genesis 1:14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
- Genesis 1:20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
See every passage
- Genesis 496 verses
- Exodus 246 verses
- Leviticus 75 verses
- Numbers 225 verses
- Deuteronomy 134 verses
- Joshua 113 verses
- Judges 221 verses
- Ruth 44 verses
- 1 Samuel 337 verses
- 2 Samuel 258 verses
- 1 Kings 244 verses
- 2 Kings 244 verses
- 1 Chronicles 65 verses
- 2 Chronicles 145 verses
- Ezra 14 verses
- Nehemiah 55 verses
- Esther 44 verses
- Job 40 verses
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).