אֹמֶרʼômer
utterance, speech, word
Pronunciation: o'-mer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H562
Meanings
1. utterance, word (Job 6:26; Job 32:12; Job 32:14)
2. promise, appointment, decree, command, plan, purpose (Psalms 77:9; Job 20:29; Psalms 68:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Job 22:28 You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
- Psalms 19:2 Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known.
- Psalms 19:3 They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard.
- Psalms 68:11 The Lord gives the word, and a great army brings the good news.
- Psalms 77:8 Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed?
- Habakkuk 3:9 You brandished your bow and your quiver of arrows. You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
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).