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Lexicon :: Strong's H561 - 'ēmer

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אֵמֶר
Transliteration
'ēmer
Pronunciation
ay'-mer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 118a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵמֶר ʼêmer, ay'-mer; from H559; something said:—answer, × appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H561 in the following manner: words (43x), speeches (2x), sayings (2x), appointed (1x), answer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H561 in the following manner: words (43x), speeches (2x), sayings (2x), appointed (1x), answer (1x).

  1. utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵמֶר ʼêmer, ay'-mer; from H559; something said:—answer, × appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
STRONGS H561: Abbreviations
[אִמְרָה] noun feminine utterance, speech, word (in poetry, mostly singular collective, compare plural verb Psalm 119:103, but here read probably plural noun compare Greek Version of the LXX Ol Hi De Che) — construct אִמְרַת Isaiah 5:24 +; אִמְרָתִי Genesis 4:23 + etc.; Plural absolute אֲמָרוֺת Psalm 12:7; construct אִמֲרוֺת ib.; — utterance, speech Genesis 4:23 (song of Lamech, || קוֺל); so Isaiah 28:23; Isaiah 32:9; Deuteronomy 32:2 (|| לֶקַח), Psalm 17:9; Isaiah 29:4 (twice in verse) (|| also דִּבֶּד); especially saying(s), words(s) of י׳ (command & promise) Deuteronomy 33:9 (|| בְּרִית); Isaiah 5:24 (|| תּוֺרָה) 2 Samuel 22:31 = Psalm 18:31; Psalm 12:7; Psalm 105:19 (|| דָּבָר; esp Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:38; Psalm 119:41 16 times; Psalm 138:2; Psalm 147:15 (|| דָּבָר), Proverbs 30:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:23; 4:23

Deuteronomy

32:2; 33:9

2 Samuel

22:31

Psalms

12:7; 12:7; 17:9; 18:31; 105:19; 119:11; 119:38; 119:41; 119:103; 138:2; 147:15

Proverbs

30:5

Isaiah

5:24; 5:24; 28:23; 29:4; 32:9

H561

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Strong's Number H561 matches the Hebrew אֵמֶר ('ēmer),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:21 -
Naphtali is a hind let loose:
He giveth goodly words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:4

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He saith, who heareth the words of God,
Who seeth the vision of the Almighty,
Falling down, and having his eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:16

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He saith, who heareth the words of God,
And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High,
Who seeth the vision of the Almighty,
Falling down, and having his eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:1 -
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:27 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:29

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Her wise ladies answered her,
Yea, she returned answer to herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 -
And be it still my consolation,
Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 -
How forcible are words of uprightness!
But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 -
Do ye think to reprove words,
Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:2 -
How long wilt thou speak these things?
And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 -
This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:22 -
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,
And lay up his words in thy heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 -
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 -
Yea, I attended unto you,
And, behold, there was none that convinced Job,
Or that answered his words, among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:14

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For he hath not directed his words against me;
Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 -
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart;
And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 -
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin;
He clappeth his hands among us,
And multiplieth his words against God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1 -
For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.
Give ear to my words, O Jehovah,
Consider my meditation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:14

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Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight,
O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:2 -
Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 -
Maschil of Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my law:
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

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Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:4

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All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah,
For they have heard the words of thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:6

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Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock;
And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:2

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To know wisdom and instruction;
To discern the words of understanding;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:21

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She crieth in the chief place of concourse;
At the entrance of the gates,
In the city, she uttereth her words:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:1

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My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:16

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To deliver thee from the strange woman,
Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:5

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Get wisdom, get understanding;
Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:10

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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
And the years of thy life shall be many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:20

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My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:7

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Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,
And depart not from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:2

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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:1

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My son, keep my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:5

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That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:24

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Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,
And attend to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:8

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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:26

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Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah;
But pleasant words are pure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:24

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Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:27

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He that spareth his words hath knowledge;
And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:7

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All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
How much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

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Cease, my son, to hear instruction
Only to err from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:21

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To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,
That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:12

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Apply thy heart unto instruction,
And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:26 - Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:5 - Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
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