אִמְרָה
ʼimrâh · im-raw'
{something said}
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֶמְרָה; feminine of H561 (אֵמֶר), and meaning the same
{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: commandment, 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִמְרָה 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy word6 · 16%
- the word4 · 11%
- my speech3 · 8%
- unto my speech2 · 5%
- according to thy word2 · 5%
- for thy word2 · 5%
- in thy word2 · 5%
- me according to thy word2 · 5%
- and thy speech2 · 5%
- the words1 · 3%
- words1 · 3%
- unto me according to thy word1 · 3%
- are thy words1 · 3%
- me according unto thy word1 · 3%
- and for the word1 · 3%
- not thy word1 · 3%
- at thy word1 · 3%
- of thy word1 · 3%
- his commandment1 · 3%
- every word1 · 3%
- his word1 · 3%
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.