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אָמַר

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hebrewOld TestamentVerb5,308 occurrences39 books4,337 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)
Traditional renderings: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָמַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,308 total
  1. Amos 2:12לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
  2. Amos 3:1לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  3. Amos 3:9וְאִמְר֗וּ
    Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
  4. Amos 3:11אָמַר֙ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
  5. Amos 3:12אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
  6. Amos 4:1הָאֹמְרֹ֥ת · who say
    Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
  7. Amos 5:3אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
  8. Amos 5:4אָמַ֛ר · says
    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
  9. Amos 5:14אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃ · you have claimed
    Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
  10. Amos 5:16אָמַ֨ר · says; יֹאמְר֣וּ · and cries of
    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
  11. Amos 5:17אָמַ֥ר · says
    There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
  12. Amos 5:27אָמַ֛ר · says
    Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
  13. Amos 6:10וְאָמַ֞ר · he will call; וְאָמַ֣ר · that person will answer; וְאָמַ֣ר · [the relative] will retort
    And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
  14. Amos 6:13הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים · and say
    …you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
  15. Amos 7:2וָאֹמַ֗ר · I said
    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  16. Amos 7:3אָמַ֥ר · said
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
  17. Amos 7:5וָאֹמַ֗ר · Then I said
    Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  18. Amos 7:6אָמַ֖ר · said
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  19. Amos 7:8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked; וָאֹמַ֖ר · I replied; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
  20. Amos 7:10לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
  21. Amos 7:11אָמַ֣ר · has said
    …for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  22. Amos 7:12וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
  23. Amos 7:14וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
    “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
  24. Amos 7:15וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
  25. Amos 7:16אֹמֵ֗ר · say
    Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  26. Amos 7:17אָמַ֣ר · says
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  27. Amos 8:2וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · He asked; וָאֹמַ֖ר · I replied; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
  28. Amos 8:5לֵאמֹ֗ר · asking
    …asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
  29. Amos 8:14וְאָמְר֗וּ · and say
    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
  30. Amos 9:1וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · and He said
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
  31. Amos 9:10הָאֹמְרִ֗ים · all those who say
    All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
  32. Amos 9:15אָמַ֖ר · says
    I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
  33. Obadiah 1:1אָמַר֩ · says
    This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
  34. Obadiah 1:3אֹמֵ֣ר · who say
    The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  35. Jonah 1:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
  36. Jonah 1:6וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · and said
    The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  37. Jonah 1:7וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ · said the sailors
    “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
  38. Jonah 1:8וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they demanded
    “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
  39. Jonah 1:9וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied Jonah
    “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
  40. Jonah 1:10וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · and said
    Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
  41. Jonah 1:11וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · so they said
    Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
  42. Jonah 1:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he answered
    “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
  43. Jonah 1:14וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
    So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”