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

2 Samuel 1:15 - And David called one of the young men, and said, H559 Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

2 Samuel 1:16 - And David said H559 unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, H559 I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

2 Samuel 1:18 - (Also he bade H559 them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

2 Samuel 2:1 - And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, H559 Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said H559 unto him, Go up. And David said, H559 Whither shall I go up? And he said, H559 Unto Hebron.

2 Samuel 2:4 - And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, H559 That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:5 - And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said H559 unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Samuel 2:14 - And Abner said H559 to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, H559 Let them arise.

2 Samuel 2:20 - Then Abner looked behind him, and said, H559 Art thou Asahel? And he answered, H559 I am.

2 Samuel 2:21 - And Abner said H559 to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2 Samuel 2:22 - And Abner said H559 again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

2 Samuel 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, H559 Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid H559 the people return from following their brethren?

2 Samuel 2:27 - And Joab said, H559 As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

2 Samuel 3:7 - And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said H559 to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

2 Samuel 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, H559 Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Samuel 3:12 - And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, H559 Whose is the land? saying H559 also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

2 Samuel 3:13 - And he said, H559 Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, H559 Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

2 Samuel 3:14 - And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, H559 Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 3:16 - And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said H559 Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

2 Samuel 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, H559 Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

2 Samuel 3:18 - Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken H559 of David, saying, H559 By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

2 Samuel 3:21 - And Abner said H559 unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

2 Samuel 3:23 - When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, H559 Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

2 Samuel 3:24 - Then Joab came to the king, and said, H559 What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

2 Samuel 3:28 - And afterward when David heard it, he said, H559 I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

2 Samuel 3:31 - And David said H559 to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

2 Samuel 3:33 - And the king lamented over Abner, and said, H559 Died Abner as a fool dieth?

2 Samuel 3:35 - And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, H559 So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

2 Samuel 3:38 - And the king said H559 unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said H559 to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

2 Samuel 4:9 - And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said H559 unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

2 Samuel 4:10 - When one told me, saying, H559 Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

2 Samuel 5:1 - Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, H559 saying, H559 Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 5:2 - Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said H559 to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:6 - And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake H559 unto David, saying, H559 Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, H559 David cannot come in hither.

2 Samuel 5:8 - And David said H559 on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, H559 The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

2 Samuel 5:19 - And David enquired of the LORD, saying, H559 Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said H559 unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

2 Samuel 5:20 - And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, H559 The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

2 Samuel 5:23 - And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, H559 Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

2 Samuel 6:9 - And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, H559 How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

2 Samuel 6:12 - And it was told king David, saying, H559 The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

2 Samuel 6:20 - Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, H559 How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

2 Samuel 6:21 - And David said H559 unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:22 - And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken H559 of, of them shall I be had in honour.

2 Samuel 7:2 - That the king said H559 unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

2 Samuel 7:3 - And Nathan said H559 to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

2 Samuel 7:4 - And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, H559

2 Samuel 7:5 - Go and tell H559 my servant David, Thus saith H559 the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

2 Samuel 7:7 - In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, H559 Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

2 Samuel 7:8 - Now therefore so shalt thou say H559 unto my servant David, Thus saith H559 the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

2 Samuel 7:18 - Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, H559 Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?