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אָמַר

a.marto sayHow to read Hebrew
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. Zechariah 4:5וָאֹמַ֖ר
    “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.
  2. Zechariah 4:6וַיֹּ֤אמֶר; לֵאמֹ֔ר; לֵאמֹ֑ר; אָמַ֖ר · says
    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
  3. Zechariah 4:8לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  4. Zechariah 4:11וָאֹמַ֣ר
    Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
  5. Zechariah 4:12וָאֹמַ֖ר
    And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
  6. Zechariah 4:13וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · he inquired; לֵאמֹ֔ר; וָאֹמַ֖ר · I replied
    “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.
  7. Zechariah 4:14וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · So he said
    So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
  8. Zechariah 5:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked [the angel]; וָאֹמַ֗ר · I replied
    “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
  9. Zechariah 5:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then he told
    Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
  10. Zechariah 5:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and told
    Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
  11. Zechariah 5:6וָאֹמַ֖ר · I asked; וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · And he replied; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Then he continued
    “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
  12. Zechariah 5:8וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he said
    “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
  13. Zechariah 5:10וָאֹמַ֕ר · I asked
    “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
  14. Zechariah 5:11וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he told
    “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
  15. Zechariah 6:4וָֽאֹמַ֔ר · So I inquired
    So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
  16. Zechariah 6:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · told
    And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
  17. Zechariah 6:7וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and [the LORD] said
    As the strong horses went out, they were eager to go and patrol the earth; and the LORD said, “Go and patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.
  18. Zechariah 6:8לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
  19. Zechariah 6:9לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
  20. Zechariah 6:12וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ · And you are to tell him; לֵאמֹ֔ר; אָמַ֛ר; לֵאמֹ֑ר · says
    And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
  21. Zechariah 7:3לֵאמֹ֗ר · by asking; לֵאמֹ֑ר
    …by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
  22. Zechariah 7:4לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
  23. Zechariah 7:5אֱמֹר֙ · Ask; לֵאמֹ֑ר
    “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  24. Zechariah 7:8לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
  25. Zechariah 7:9אָמַ֛ר · says; לֵאמֹ֑ר
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
  26. Zechariah 7:13אָמַ֖ר · says
    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
  27. Zechariah 8:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:
  28. Zechariah 8:2אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
  29. Zechariah 8:3אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
  30. Zechariah 8:4אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
  31. Zechariah 8:6אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  32. Zechariah 8:7אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
  33. Zechariah 8:9אָמַר֮ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
  34. Zechariah 8:14אָמַר֮ · says; אָמַ֖ר · says
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
  35. Zechariah 8:18לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,