אֵמֶר
ʼêmer · ay'-mer
something said
Lexicon
Derivation: from H559 (אָמַר);
something said
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
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 אֵמֶר 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
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the words8 · 16%
- words5 · 10%
- his words4 · 8%
- my words4 · 8%
- to the words4 · 8%
- all the words2 · 4%
- with her words2 · 4%
- from the words2 · 4%
- with the words2 · 4%
- answer1 · 2%
- and the speeches1 · 2%
- these things? and how long shall the words1 · 2%
- appointed1 · 2%
- him with your speeches1 · 2%
- to my words1 · 2%
- let the words1 · 2%
- against the words1 · 2%
- her words1 · 2%
- my sayings1 · 2%
- unto my sayings1 · 2%
- not from the words1 · 2%
- them with words1 · 2%
- of the words1 · 2%
- your words1 · 2%
- them by the words1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.