אִמְרָה imrah

Hebrew word for “word” · Strong’s H565 · used 37 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

1) utterance, speech, word; 1a) word of God (command and promise)

Senses in the lexicon

• word (36)
• threat (1)

How it is translated

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

• word 28
• utterance 5
• speech 2
• words 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (19), Genesis 4 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Psalms 12 (1), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 105 (1), Psalms 138 (1)

Forms

• אמרתך 13
• אמרתי 5
• אמרת 5
• כאמרתך 5
• אמרות 2
• לאמרתך 2
• באמרתך 2
• אמרתו 2
• ולאמרת 1

Words used with it

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

• צָרַף tsaraph “to refine” 6
• חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 3
• אָזַן azan “to listen” 3
• מָגֵן magen “shield” 3
• קוֹל qol “voice” 4
• אֵל el “God” 3
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 3
• חָיָה chayah “to live” 3
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 3
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 2
• נָחַם nacham “to be sorry” 2

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Deuteronomy 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy…
• Psalms 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Psalms 119:58 — I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
• Psalms 119:67 — Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
• Psalms 119:103 — How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Psalms 119:116 — Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
• Psalms 138:2 — I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
• Proverbs 30:5 — Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
• Isaiah 5:24 — Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:…
• Isaiah 32:9 — Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
• Lamentations 2:17 — The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied:…

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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.