0559 – אָמַר (amar)

to say

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	אָמַר (amar)
Pronunciation:	a-mar    Listen
Gematria:	241(1 + 40 + 200)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	5308 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

אָמַר	amar		H0559	(5308 ggr)	to say
דָבַר	davar		H1696	(1142 ggr)	to speak
מָלַל	malal		H4448a	(4 ggr)	to speak
נָאַם	naam		H5001	(1 ggr)	to prophesy
נְאֻם	neom	♂	H5002	(376 ggr)	utterance
נָבָא	nava		H5012	(114 ggr)	to prophesy
נָגַד	nagad		H5046	(370 ggr)	to tell
סָפַר	safar		H5608a	(107 ggr)	to recount
עָנָה	anah		H6030b	(315 ggr)	to answer

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with amar as root:

אוֹמָר	Omar	H0201	Omar
אָמִיר	amir	H0534	top
אֵמֶר	emer	H0561	word
אִמֵּר	Immer	H0564	Immer
אֱמֹרִי	emori	H0567	Amorites
אֲמַרְיָ֫הוּ	Amarjaho	H0568	Amariah
מַאֲמַר	maamar	H3982	command

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word amar was translated to the following:

ἀθετέω	atheteo	G0114	despise
αἱρέομαι	haireomai	G0138	choose
αἰτέω	aiteo	G0154	ask
ἀναγγέλλω	anaggello	G0312	tell
ἀντέπω	antepo	G0471	gainsay
ἀπαγγέλλω	apaggello	G0518	tell
ἀπειπόμην	apeipomen	G0550	renounce
ἀποκρίνομαι	apokrinomai	G0611	answer
βλασφημέω	blasphemeo	G0987	blaspheme
βοάω	boao	G0994	cry
γινώσκω	ginosko	G1097	know
διαγγέλλω	diaggello	G1229	preach
διατάσσω	diatasso	G1299	command
διηγέομαι	diegeomai	G1334	tell
δοκέω	dokeo	G1380	think
ἐγκαλέω	egkaleo	G1458	accuse
ἐμφανίζω	emphanizo	G1718	inform
ἐντέλλομαι	entellomai	G1781	command
ἐπαγγέλλω	epaggello	G1861	promise
ἐπακούω	epakouo	G1873	hear
ἐπιθυμέω	epithumeo	G1937	desire
ἐπιτάσσω	epitasso	G2004	command
ἐπιτρέπω	epitrepo	G2010	suffer
ἔριον	erion	G2053	wool
ἐρωτάω	erotao	G2065	ask
εὑρίσκω	heurisko	G2147	find
θέλω	thelo, ethelo, tenses, theleo, etheleo	G2309	will/would
καλέω	kaleo	G2564	call
καταδυναστεύω	katadunasteuo	G2616	oppress
καυχάομαι	kauchaomai	G2744	glory
λαλέω	laleo	G2980	speak
λέγω	lego	G3004	say
ὀμνύω	omnuo	G3660	swear
παραγγέλλω	paraggello	G3853	command
παρακαλέω	parakaleo	G3870	beseech
πιστόω	pistoo	G4104	be assured of
προστάσσω	prostasso	G4367	command
προφητεύω	propheteuo	G4395	prophesy
συντάσσω	suntasso	G4929	appoint
φάσκω	phasko	G5335	say
φημί	phemi	G5346	say

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