אָמַר

amar

ah-MAR

to say, to speak

Where it comes from

The most ordinary verb in the language, and the engine of the whole creation account. Ten times in Genesis 1, God simply says.

Every place it appears

Strong's H559. It stands in 4337 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 1:3

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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