H3982: מַאֲמַר
maʼămar · pronounced mah-am-ar' · “command”
Definition
something (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict
KJV translates it as: commandment, decree.
Word origin: from H559 (אָמַר);
Extended definition
word, command
Aramaic equivalent: me.mar (מֵאמַר "command" H3983)
Aramaic equivalent: me.mar (מֵאמַר "command" H3983)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3982 is translated
- the command of ×3
Bible verses with H3982 (maʼămar)
Maʼămar appears in 3 verses.
- Esther 1:15
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
- Esther 2:20
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
- Esther 9:32
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.