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Lexicon :: Strong's H560 - 'ămar

Aa
אֲמַר
Transliteration
'ămar
Pronunciation
am-ar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to אָמַר (H559)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2585

Strong’s Definitions

אֲמַר ʼămar, am-ar'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H559:—command, declare, say, speak, tell.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's H560 in the following manner: say (45x), commanded (12x), speak (4x), tell (9x), declare (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's H560 in the following manner: say (45x), commanded (12x), speak (4x), tell (9x), declare (1x).

  1. (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲמַר ʼămar, am-ar'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H559:—command, declare, say, speak, tell.
STRONGS H560: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

אֲמַר 71 verb say, tell, command (Biblical Hebrew H559 אָמַר); —
Pe Perfect 3rd person masculine singular א׳ Daniel 2:12 +, אֲמַ֑ר Daniel 7:1; 3rd person feminine singular אֲמֶ֫רֶר Daniel 5:10 (K§ 38, 1 a); 1st person singular אַמְרֵת Daniel 4:5; 1st person plural אֲאַ֫רְנָא Daniel 5:4, 9, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵאמַר (K§ 41) Daniel 2:7 +; 2nd person masculine plural תֵּאמְרוּן Jeremiah 10:11, etc.; Imperative masculine singular אֱמַר Jeremiah 2:4 +; masculine plural אֱמַרוּ Jeremiah 2:9; Infinitive לְמֵאמַר Jeremiah 2:9, לְמֵמַ֑ר Ezra 5:11 (K§ 41 a); Participle אְמַר Daniel 2:5 —אָֽמְרִין Daniel 3:4; Ezra 5:3 +; —
1. say (often in phrase answer and say): followed by oratio recta [direct speech] (only), Daniel 2:7, 10 + 13 times Daniel; Ezra 5:11; + ל person Daniel 2:5; Daniel 3:14 + 14 times Daniel [plural with indefinite subject for passive Daniel 4:28], Ezra 5:15; + קְָדָס person Daniel 2:9; Daniel 5:17; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 6:14; + כֵּן Daniel 4:11; Daniel 7:23, כֵּן with ל person Ezra 5:8; Daniel 2:24, 25; Daniel 6:7, compare Daniel 7:5; + כְּנֵמָא with ל person Ezra 5:4, 9; + כִּדְנָךְ with ל person Jeremiah 10:11; followed by accusative of thing + עַל person against whom Daniel 3:29.
2. relate, tell: followed by accusative of thing Daniel 4:6; Daniel 4:15; Daniel 7:1, + ל person Daniel 2:4, 9, 7; Daniel 7:16 (accusative of thing omitted), + קְָדָם person Daniel 2:36; Daniel 4:4; Daniel 4:5.
3. command: followed by infinitive Daniel 2:12, 46 + 6 times Daniel; followed by finite verb Daniel 5:29; Daniel 6:17; Daniel 6:23; followed by ל person + or. rect. Daniel 3:4 [plural with indefinite subject, for passive, K§ 76 e, so Daniel 4:23].
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:3; 5:4; 5:8; 5:9; 5:11; 5:11; 5:15

Jeremiah

2:4; 2:9; 2:9; 10:11; 10:11

Daniel

2:4; 2:5; 2:5; 2:7; 2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:12; 2:12; 2:24; 2:25; 2:36; 2:46; 3:4; 3:4; 3:14; 3:29; 4:4; 4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:11; 4:15; 4:23; 4:28; 5:4; 5:9; 5:10; 5:17; 5:29; 6:7; 6:13; 6:14; 6:17; 6:23; 7:1; 7:1; 7:5; 7:16; 7:23

H560

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Strong's Number H560 matches the Hebrew אֲמַר ('ămar),
which occurs 71 times in 65 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Dan 5:29–Dan 7:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6 - So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16 - So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:20 - When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:5 - “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:16 - I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this. “So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 - “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.

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