Strong's H559 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: אָמַר (ʼâmar)

Pronunciation: aw-mar'

POS: aw-mar' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

Definition: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

KJV Usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to say, speak, utter
• 2. 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
• 3. 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
• 4. 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
• 5. 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

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