Word
אֵמֶרStrong’s H0561emer (e-mer)
Appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Emer is the Hebrew word usually translated “words of”, “words my” and “words his”. It appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament.
“Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.”
Meaning
- Utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command
How it's translated
- words of 18
- words my 6
- words his 4
- to words of 4
- words her 3
- by words of 3
- from utterances of 2
- words 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 20
- Job 11
- Psalms 7
- Numbers 2
- Isaiah 2
- Genesis 1
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 24:4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
- Numbers 24:16He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
- Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Joshua 24:27And 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 shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
- Judges 5:29Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
- Job 6:10Then 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.
All 47 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אֵמֶר emer · word
utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “word” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORD, noun
[G., Latin, to speak. A word is that which is uttered or thrown out.]
- An articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language.
- The letter or letters, written or printed, which represent a sound or combination of sounds.
- A short discourse.
- Talk; discourse.
All definitions and other forms of “word”
- Dispute; verbal contention; as, some words grew between us.
- Language; living speech; oral expression.
- Promise.
- Signal; order; command.
- Account; tidings; message.
- Declaration; purpose expressed.
- Declaration; affirmation.
- The Scripture; divine revelation, or any part of it.
- Christ. John 1:1
- A motto; a short sentence; a proverb.“Let us not love in word only, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth” 1 John 3:18
WORD, verb intransitive
To dispute. [Little used.]
WORD, verb transitive
To express in words. Take care to word ideas with propriety.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.