H559 · אָמַר
ʼâmar · aw-mar' · said, speak, answer
H559 (ʼâmar, pronounced aw-mar') is the Hebrew word אָמַר in Strong’s dictionary: to say (used with great latitude). It appears 5304 times in 4334 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- אָמַר (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʼâmar
- Pronunciation
- aw-mar'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to say (used with great latitude)
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
5304 occurrences in 4334 verses (4544 with English words of their own, 760 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “said” ×755
- “says” ×539
- “saying” ×297
- “and said” ×268
- “replied” ×198
- “asked” ×104
- “he said” ×84
- “say” ×81
By book
Genesis 496 · Exodus 245 · Leviticus 75 · Numbers 225 · Deuteronomy 133 · Joshua 113 · Judges 220 · Ruth 44 · 1 Samuel 337 · 2 Samuel 258 · 1 Kings 243 · 2 Kings 244 · 1 Chronicles 65 · 2 Chronicles 145 · Ezra 14 · Nehemiah 55 · Esther 44 · Job 94 · Psalms 100 · Proverbs 25 · Ecclesiastes 20 · Song of Solomon 2 · Isaiah 212 · Jeremiah 379 · Lamentations 10 · Ezekiel 280 · Daniel 22 · Hosea 20 · Joel 4 · Amos 45 · Obadiah 2 · Jonah 20 · Micah 10 · Nahum 2 · Habakkuk 3 · Zephaniah 5 · Haggai 19 · Zechariah 74 · Malachi 30
First 30 of 4334 verses
- Genesis 1:3
- Genesis 1:6
- Genesis 1:9
- Genesis 1:11
- Genesis 1:14
- Genesis 1:20
- Genesis 1:22
- Genesis 1:24
- Genesis 1:26
- Genesis 1:28
- Genesis 1:29
- Genesis 2:16
- Genesis 2:18
- Genesis 2:23
- Genesis 3:1
- Genesis 3:2
- Genesis 3:3
- Genesis 3:4
- Genesis 3:9
- Genesis 3:10
- Genesis 3:11
- Genesis 3:12
- Genesis 3:13
- Genesis 3:14
- Genesis 3:16
- Genesis 3:17
- Genesis 3:22
- Genesis 4:1
- Genesis 4:6
- Genesis 4:8
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H559.