Strong's Concordance H559

Original Word: אָמַר
Transliteration: ʼâmar
Phonetic Spelling: aw-mar'
a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 11:4 - And they said, H559 Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:6 - And the LORD said, H559 Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Genesis 12:1 - Now the LORD had said H559 unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Genesis 12:7 - And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, H559 Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Genesis 12:11 - And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said H559 unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Genesis 12:12 - Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, H559 This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

Genesis 12:13 - Say, H559 I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Genesis 12:18 - And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, H559 What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Genesis 12:19 - Why saidst thou, H559 She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Genesis 13:8 - And Abram said H559 unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

Genesis 13:14 - And the LORD said H559 unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Genesis 14:19 - And he blessed him, and said, H559 Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

Genesis 14:21 - And the king of Sodom said H559 unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

Genesis 14:22 - And Abram said H559 to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:23 - That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, H559 I have made Abram rich:

Genesis 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, H559 Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:2 - And Abram said, H559 Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 15:3 - And Abram said, H559 Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Genesis 15:4 - And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, H559 This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Genesis 15:5 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, H559 Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said H559 unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Genesis 15:7 - And he said H559 unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Genesis 15:8 - And he said, H559 Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Genesis 15:9 - And he said H559 unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Genesis 15:13 - And he said H559 unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Genesis 15:18 - In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, H559 Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 16:2 - And Sarai said H559 unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:5 - And Sarai said H559 unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Genesis 16:6 - But Abram said H559 unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

Genesis 16:8 - And he said, H559 Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, H559 I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 16:9 - And the angel of the LORD said H559 unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

Genesis 16:10 - And the angel of the LORD said H559 unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 16:11 - And the angel of the LORD said H559 unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

Genesis 16:13 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, H559 Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Genesis 17:1 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said H559 unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Genesis 17:3 - And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, H559

Genesis 17:9 - And God said H559 unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Genesis 17:15 - And God said H559 unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

Genesis 17:17 - Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said H559 in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Genesis 17:18 - And Abraham said H559 unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Genesis 17:19 - And God said, H559 Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 18:3 - And said, H559 My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Genesis 18:5 - And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. H559

Genesis 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, H559 Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Genesis 18:9 - And they said H559 unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, H559 Behold, in the tent.

Genesis 18:10 - And he said, H559 I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Genesis 18:12 - Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, H559 After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Genesis 18:13 - And the LORD said H559 unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, H559 Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Genesis 18:15 - Then Sarah denied, saying, H559 I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, H559 Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Genesis 18:17 - And the LORD said, H559 Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

Genesis 18:20 - And the LORD said, H559 Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;