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.
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
Occurrences
5,308 total
- Haggai 2:11אָמַ֖ר · says; לֵאמֹֽר׃“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
- Haggai 2:12וַיֹּאמְר֖וּIf a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
- Haggai 2:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּאמְר֖וּSo Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
- Haggai 2:14וַיֹּ֗אמֶרThen Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
- Haggai 2:20לֵאמֹֽר׃ · sayingFor the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
- Haggai 2:21אֱמֹ֕ר · Tell; לֵאמֹ֑ר · [that]“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
- Zechariah 1:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · sayingIn the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
- Zechariah 1:3וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · So tell; אָמַר֙ · says; אָמַ֖ר · saysSo tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- Zechariah 1:4לֵאמֹ֗ר · says; אָמַר֙Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 1:6וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · and saidBut did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
- Zechariah 1:7לֵאמֹֽר׃On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
- Zechariah 1:9וָאֹמַ֖ר · I asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
- Zechariah 1:10וַיֹּאמַ֑רThen the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
- Zechariah 1:11וַיֹּאמְר֖וּAnd the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
- Zechariah 1:12וַיֹּאמַר֒ · saidThen the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
- Zechariah 1:14וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֔ר · this word; אָמַ֖ר · saysThen the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
- Zechariah 1:16אָמַ֣ר · saysTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
- Zechariah 1:17לֵאמֹ֗ר · says; אָמַר֙Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
- Zechariah 1:19וָאֹמַ֗ר · So I asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And he toldSo I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
- Zechariah 1:21וָאֹמַ֕ר · I asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And He replied; לֵאמֹ֗ר“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
- Zechariah 2:2וָאֹמַ֕ר · I asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he replied“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
- Zechariah 2:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said; לֵאמֹ֑ר…and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- Zechariah 2:8אָמַר֮ · saysFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Zechariah 3:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidAnd the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
- Zechariah 3:4וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then he saidSo the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
- Zechariah 3:5וָאֹמַ֕ר · Then I saidThen I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.
- Zechariah 3:6לֵאמֹֽר׃Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
- Zechariah 3:7אָמַ֞ר · says“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
- Zechariah 4:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he asked; וַיֹּאמֶר · I replied“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
- Zechariah 4:4וָֽאֹמַ֔ר; לֵאמֹ֑ר“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
- Zechariah 4:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.