אֲמַר
ʼămar · am-ar'
{to say (used with great latitude)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H559 (אָמַר)
{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: command, declare, say, speak, tell.
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 אֲמַר 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
71 occurrences · 71 OT · 0 NT · 46 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and said36 · 51%
- commanded5 · 7%
- and commanded4 · 6%
- tell3 · 4%
- said2 · 3%
- saying1 · 1%
- shall ye say1 · 1%
- to speak1 · 1%
- and we will tell1 · 1%
- to you it is commanded1 · 1%
- and he commanded1 · 1%
- which speak1 · 1%
- told1 · 1%
- him i told1 · 1%
- thee, tell1 · 1%
- declare1 · 1%
- and saying1 · 1%
- and whereas they commanded1 · 1%
- to thee it is spoken1 · 1%
- or say1 · 1%
- and spake1 · 1%
- they and said1 · 1%
- and told1 · 1%
- of it: and they said1 · 1%
- so he told1 · 1%
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.