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H559 · אָמַר

ʼâmar

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to say (used with great latitude)

KJV gloss list in the source

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.

Source pronunciation notation: aw-mar'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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