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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H561 matches the Hebrew אֵמֶר ('ēmer),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 -

It would still bring me comfort,

and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain

that I have not denied[fn] the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 -

How painful honest words can be!

But what does your rebuke prove?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 -

Do you think that you can disprove my words

or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:2 -

How long will you go on saying these things?

Your words are a blast of wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29

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This is the wicked person’s lot from God,

the inheritance God ordained for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:22 -

Receive instruction from his mouth,

and place his sayings in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12

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I have not departed from the commands from his lips;

I have treasured[fn] the words from his mouth

more than my daily food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 -

I paid close attention to you.

Yet no one proved Job wrong;

not one of you refuted his arguments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:14 -

But Job has not directed his argument to me,

and I will not respond to him with your arguments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:3 -

My words come from my upright heart,

and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 -

For he adds rebellion to his sin;

he scornfully claps in our presence,

while multiplying his words against God.

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