Word
אִמְרָהStrong’s H0565imrah (im-rah)
Appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Imrah is the Hebrew word usually translated “word your”, “word of” and “according to word your”. It appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.”
Meaning
- Utterance, speech, wordword of God (command and promise)
- Threat (of judgement from God)
How it's translated
- word your 11
- word of 5
- according to word your 5
- utterance my 3
- speech my 2
- word his 2
- utterance your 2
- words of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 25
- Isaiah 4
- Deuteronomy 2
- Genesis 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Proverbs 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 32:2My 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 33:9Who 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, and kept thy covenant.
- 2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
- Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- Psalms 17:6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
- Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Hebrew dictionary
אִמְרָה imrah · word
1) utterance, speech, word 1a) word of God (command and promise)
אֶמְרָה imrah · threat
threat (of judgement from God)
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.