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Strong's numbers

אֵמֶר H561

ʼêmer

ay'-mer

from אָמַר; something said; answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אֹמֶר n.m. utterance, speech, word, only poet., & exalted style

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


47 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Proverbs 4:20
    My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
  • Proverbs 5:7
    Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
  • Proverbs 6:2
    Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
  • Proverbs 7:1
    My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
  • Proverbs 7:5
    That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
  • Proverbs 7:24
    Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
  • Proverbs 8:8
    All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
  • Proverbs 15:26
    The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
  • Proverbs 16:24
    Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Proverbs 17:27
    He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.