אָמַר
ʼâmar · aw-mar'
to say (used with great latitude)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to say (used with great latitude)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָמַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5309 occurrences · 5309 OT · 0 NT · 591 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- said1091 · 28%
- saying690 · 18%
- and said505 · 13%
- and he said319 · 8%
- thus saith253 · 7%
- then said135 · 3%
- and say118 · 3%
- say83 · 2%
- saith82 · 2%
- and they said74 · 2%
- spake60 · 2%
- therefore thus saith59 · 2%
- for thus saith52 · 1%
- and she said52 · 1%
- came unto me, saying43 · 1%
- he said38 · 1%
- answered33 · 1%
- unto them, thus saith26 · 1%
- i said26 · 1%
- and i said25 · 1%
- him, and said25 · 1%
- shall say24 · 1%
- and he answered24 · 1%
- speak20 · 1%
- unto him, thus saith20 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis606
- Exodus299
- Leviticus80
- Numbers246
- Deuteronomy142
- Joshua137
- Judges269
- Ruth54
- 1 Samuel422
- 2 Samuel335
- 1 Kings326
- 2 Kings345
- 1 Chronicles72
- 2 Chronicles184
- Ezra15
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.