אָמַר ʼâmar

Hebrew · Strong's H559 · pronounced aw-mar' · used 5309 times in 4339 verses

Meaning

to say (used with great latitude)

In the King James Version: 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.

Derivation: a primitive root;

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Where it is used

Leviticus 17:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 17:2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
Leviticus 17:8 Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
Leviticus 17:12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
Leviticus 17:14 For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
Leviticus 18:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 18:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 19:2 “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Leviticus 20:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 20:2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
Leviticus 20:24 But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
Leviticus 21:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
Leviticus 21:16 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 21:17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
Leviticus 22:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 22:3 Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:17 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 22:18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
Leviticus 22:26 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
Leviticus 23:9 And the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
Leviticus 23:23 The LORD also said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
Leviticus 23:26 Again the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:33 And the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:34 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
Leviticus 24:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 24:13 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 24:15 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
Leviticus 25:1 Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
Leviticus 25:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
Leviticus 25:20 Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
Leviticus 27:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 27:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
Numbers 1:1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
Numbers 1:48 For the LORD had said to Moses:
Numbers 2:1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
Numbers 3:5 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 3:11 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 3:14 Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Numbers 3:40 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.
Numbers 3:44 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 4:1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Numbers 4:17 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
Numbers 4:21 And the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 5:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 5:5 And the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 5:11 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 5:12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
Numbers 5:19 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
Numbers 5:21 and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
Numbers 5:22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
Numbers 6:1 And the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 6:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
Numbers 6:22 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 6:23 “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
Numbers 7:4 And the LORD said to Moses,