ʼimrâh — H565

Definition

feminine noun

something said

1. utterance, speech, word
1. word of God, the Torah

Usually translated as

word, speech, commandment

Origin

or ʼemrâh; feminine of H561, and meaning the same

• ʼêmer (H561)

Greek equivalents

• lógion (G3051)
• phōnḗ (G5456)

Occurrences

ʼimrâh occurs 37 times in 35 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (2), 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (25), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4), Lamentations (1)

• Genesis 4:23 — And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech (אִמְרָתִ֑י): for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
• Deuteronomy 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech (אִמְרָתִ֑י) 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 word (אִמְרָתֶ֔ךָ), and kept thy covenant.
• 2 Samuel 22:31 — As for God, his way is perfect; the word (אִמְרַ֤ת) of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
• Psalms 12:6 — The words (אִֽמֲר֣וֹת) of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Psalms 12:6 — The words of the LORD are pure words (אֲמָר֪וֹת): as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Psalms 17:6 — I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech (אִמְרָתִֽי).
• Psalms 18:30 — As for God, his way is perfect: the word (אִמְרַֽת) of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
• Psalms 105:19 — Until the time that his word came: the word (אִמְרַ֖ת) of the LORD tried him.
• Psalms 119:11 — Thy word (אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ) have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• Psalms 119:38 — Stablish thy word (אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ) unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
• Psalms 119:41 — Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word (כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ).
• Psalms 119:50 — This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word (אִמְרָתְךָ֣) hath quickened me.
• Psalms 119:58 — I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word (כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ).
• Psalms 119:67 — Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word (אִמְרָתְךָ֥).
• Psalms 119:76 — Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word (כְּאִמְרָתְךָ֥) unto thy servant.
• Psalms 119:82 — Mine eyes fail for thy word (לְאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ), saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
• Psalms 119:103 — How sweet are thy words (אִמְרָתֶ֗ךָ) unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
• Psalms 119:116 — Uphold me according unto thy word (כְאִמְרָתְךָ֣), that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
• Psalms 119:123 — Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word (וּלְאִמְרַ֥ת) of thy righteousness.
• Psalms 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word (בְּאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ): and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
• Psalms 119:140 — Thy word (אִמְרָתְךָ֥) is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
• Psalms 119:148 — Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word (בְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ).
• Psalms 119:154 — Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word (לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥).
• Psalms 119:158 — I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word (אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗).
• Psalms 119:162 — I rejoice at thy word (אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ), as one that findeth great spoil.
• Psalms 119:170 — Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word (כְּ֝אִמְרָתְךָ֗).
• Psalms 119:172 — My tongue shall speak of thy word (אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ): for all thy commandments are righteousness.
• 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 (אִמְרָתֶֽךָ) above all thy name.
• Psalms 147:15 — He sendeth forth his commandment (אִמְרָת֣וֹ) upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
• Proverbs 30:5 — Every word (אִמְרַ֣ת) 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: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word (אִמְרַ֥ת) of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 28:23 — Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech (אִמְרָתִֽי).
• Isaiah 29:4 — And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech (אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ) shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
• Isaiah 29:4 — And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech (אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ) shall whisper out of the dust.
• Isaiah 32:9 — Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech (אִמְרָתִֽי).
• Lamentations 2:17 — The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word (אֶמְרָתוֹ֙) that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.