The meaning of “ʼâmar” (H559) — אָמַר
Understanding ʼâmar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), comm...
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אָמַר
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. - to say (used with great latitude) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 1:3 | “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:6 | “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. firmament: Heb. expansion” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:9 | “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:11 | “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:14 | “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:20 | “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:22 | “And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:24 | “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:26 | “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) | |
| Genesis 1:28 | “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth” Word: אָמַר (ʼâmar) |
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