Strong’s H565 · Hebrew

אִמְרָה
ʼimrâh
im-raw'

Definition

{something said}

Etymology

or אֶמְרָה; feminine of H561 (אֵמֶר), and meaning the same

Where the KJV renders it

  • commandment
  • speech
  • word

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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