אָמַר

Strong’s Definition

to say (used with great latitude)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼâmar; Pronunciation: aw-mar'