אֵמֶר emer

Hebrew word for “word” · Strong’s H561 · used 49 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

How it is translated

Glosses given for emer in context, with how often each is used:

• words 42
• utterances 3
• who words 2
• decree 1
• sayings 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 6 (3), Proverbs 4 (3), Proverbs 7 (3), Numbers 24 (2), Job 32 (2), Proverbs 1 (2), Proverbs 2 (2), Proverbs 19 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1)

Forms

• אמרי 24
• לאמרי 5
• אמריה 4
• אמריו 4
• באמרי 4
• מאמרי 3
• אמרים 2
• אמרו 1
• ובאמריכם 1
• אמריכם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with emer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פֶּה peh “lip” 14
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 12
• דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 5
• אָזַן azan “to listen” 4
• אֵל el “God” 5
• צָפַן tsaphan “to treasure” 3
• מוּסָר musar “discipline” 3
• יָכַח yakhach “to rebuke” 3
• מַחֲזֶה machazeh “vision” 2
• מָלַל malal “to speak” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 5
• נֹעַם noam “pleasantness” 2

Key verses

The verses using emer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 24:4 — He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
• Joshua 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it…
• Job 6:10 — Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
• Job 23:12 — Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Psalms 19:14 — Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
• Psalms 107:11 — Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
• Psalms 138:4 — All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
• Proverbs 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• Proverbs 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
• Proverbs 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
• Isaiah 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
• Hosea 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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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.