H559Hebrewyyōʾmer

אָמַר

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.

5,280
Total Occurrences
39
Books
5,280
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to say, speak, utter
  • 2(qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
  • 3(niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
  • 4(hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
  • 5(hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼâmar; Pronunciation: aw-mar'