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 Chronicles 20:15 - And he said, H559 Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith H559 the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

2 Chronicles 20:20 - And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, H559 Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

2 Chronicles 20:21 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, H559 Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, H559 Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

2 Chronicles 21:7 - Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised H559 to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

2 Chronicles 21:12 - And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, H559 Thus saith H559 the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

2 Chronicles 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said H559 they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

2 Chronicles 23:3 - And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said H559 unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

2 Chronicles 23:11 - Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, H559 God save the king.

2 Chronicles 23:13 - And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, H559 Treason, Treason.

2 Chronicles 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said H559 unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, H559 Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:5 - And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said H559 to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

2 Chronicles 24:6 - And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said H559 unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

2 Chronicles 24:8 - And at the king's commandment H559 they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:20 - And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said H559 unto them, Thus saith H559 God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

2 Chronicles 24:22 - Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, H559 The LORD look upon it, and require it.

2 Chronicles 25:4 - But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, H559 The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

2 Chronicles 25:7 - But there came a man of God to him, saying, H559 O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 25:9 - And Amaziah said H559 to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, H559 The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.

2 Chronicles 25:15 - Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said H559 unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

2 Chronicles 25:16 - And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said H559 unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, H559 I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

2 Chronicles 25:17 - Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, H559 Come, let us see one another in the face.

2 Chronicles 25:18 - And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, H559 The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, H559 Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

2 Chronicles 25:19 - Thou sayest, H559 Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

2 Chronicles 26:18 - And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said H559 unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

2 Chronicles 26:23 - So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, H559 He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said H559 unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

2 Chronicles 28:10 - And now ye purpose H559 to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

2 Chronicles 28:13 - And said H559 unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend H559 to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:23 - For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, H559 Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:5 - And said H559 unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

2 Chronicles 29:18 - Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, H559 We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

2 Chronicles 29:21 - And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded H559 the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:24 - And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded H559 that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:27 - And Hezekiah commanded H559 to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:30 - Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded H559 the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

2 Chronicles 29:31 - Then Hezekiah answered and said, H559 Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

2 Chronicles 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, H559 Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 30:18 - For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, H559 The good LORD pardon every one

2 Chronicles 31:4 - Moreover he commanded H559 the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:10 - And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered H559 him, and said, H559 Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

2 Chronicles 31:11 - Then Hezekiah commanded H559 to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

2 Chronicles 32:1 - After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought H559 to win them for himself.

2 Chronicles 32:4 - So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, H559 Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

2 Chronicles 32:6 - And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, H559

2 Chronicles 32:9 - After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, H559

2 Chronicles 32:10 - Thus saith H559 Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

2 Chronicles 32:11 - Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, H559 The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2 Chronicles 32:12 - Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded H559 Judah and Jerusalem, saying, H559 Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

2 Chronicles 32:17 - He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak H559 against him, saying, H559 As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.