The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon  Strong's Number:  559 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   אמר   a primitive root Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   'amar   aw-mar' MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TWOT   Verb   118  Definition   to say, speak, utter (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch  Translated Words   KJV (5308) - answer, 99; call, 7; command, 30; misc., 84; promised, 6; said, 4874; speak, 179; tell, 29; NAS (1551) - Asserting, 1; address, 1; advised, 1; answer, 2; answered, 50; answers, 1; ask, 2; asked, 4; asking, 1; assigned, 1; call, 2; called, 4; command, 1; commanded, 14; commanded to say, 1; commands, 3; consider, 1; continued, 2; decided, 2; declare, 1; declared, 1; declares, 1; demonstrates, 1; designate, 1; desired, 1; follows, 2; gave an order, 2; gave orders, 2; gave the order, 2; indeed say, 1; informed, 1; intend, 2; intended, 1; intending, 1; meditate, 1; mentioned, 1; name, 1; namely, 2; news, 1; ordered, 6; plainly says, 1; promised, 6; proposing, 2; really thought, 1; repeated, 1; replied, 1; requested, 1; resolved, 3; responded, 7; said, 2; say, 601; saying, 1; says, 594; sent word, 1; speak, 29; speak to you saying, 1; speaking, 2; speaks, 2; specifically say, 1; specified, 1; spoke, 77; spoken, 15; still say, 1; suppose, 1; tell, 23; telling, 2; tells, 1; think, 1; thinking, 2; thought, 17; told, 25; utters, 1; vaunt, 1;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Genesis 496 Exodus 246 Leviticus 75 Numbers 225 Deuteronomy 134 Joshua 113 Judges 221 Ruth 44 1 Samuel 337 2 Samuel 258 1 Kings 244 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   Genesis 486 Exodus 245 Leviticus 75 Numbers 222 Deuteronomy 133 Joshua 113 Judges 218 Ruth 42 1 Samuel 332 2 Samuel 257 1 Kings 240 2 Kings 240 1 Chronicles 65 2 Chronicles 145 Ezra 13 Nehemiah 54 Esther 42 Job 84 Psalms 96 Proverbs 25 Ecclesiastes 19 Song of Solomon 2 Isaiah 209 Jeremiah 379 Lamentations 10 Ezekiel 280 Daniel 22 Hosea 20 Joel 4 Amos 43 Obadiah 2 Jonah 20 Micah 10 Nahum 2 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 5 Haggai 18 Zechariah 73 Malachi 30 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: z w h d g b )  n m l k y + x  t # r q c p ( s   Previous Next 'Amatsyah 'amar (Aramaic)   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Hardcover $17.99  Shop All Hebrew Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament Copyright Statement The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for 'amar". "The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=559>.