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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. Zechariah 8:19אָמַ֞ר · says
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
  2. Zechariah 8:20אָמַ֖ר · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
  3. Zechariah 8:21לֵאמֹ֗ר · saying
    …and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
  4. Zechariah 8:23אָמַר֮ · says; לֵאמֹ֗ר · saying
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
  5. Zechariah 11:4אָמַ֖ר · says
    This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
  6. Zechariah 11:5יֹאמַ֔ר · say
    …whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
  7. Zechariah 11:9וָאֹמַ֕ר · Then I said
    Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
  8. Zechariah 11:12וָאֹמַ֣ר · Then I told
    Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
  9. Zechariah 11:13וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
  10. Zechariah 11:15וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
  11. Zechariah 12:5וְאָֽמְר֛וּ · will say
    Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ‘The people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.’
  12. Zechariah 13:3וְאָמְר֣וּ · will say
    And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
  13. Zechariah 13:5וְאָמַ֕ר · He will say
    He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
  14. Zechariah 13:6וְאָמַ֣ר · If someone asks; וְאָמַ֕ר · he will answer
    If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
  15. Zechariah 13:9אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ · I will say; יֹאמַ֖ר · will say
    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
  16. Malachi 1:2אָמַ֣ר · says; וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · But you ask
    “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
  17. Malachi 1:4תֹאמַ֨ר · may say; אָמַר֙ · says
    Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
  18. Malachi 1:5תֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · will say
    You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
  19. Malachi 1:6אָמַ֣ר׀ · says; וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם · But you ask
    “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
  20. Malachi 1:7וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · But you ask; בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕ם · By saying that
    By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
  21. Malachi 1:8אָמַ֖ר · asks
    When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
  22. Malachi 1:9אָמַ֖ר · asks
    “But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
  23. Malachi 1:10אָמַר֙ · says
    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
  24. Malachi 1:11אָמַ֖ר · says
    For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  25. Malachi 1:12בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם · when you say
    “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
  26. Malachi 1:13וַאֲמַרְתֶּם֩ · You also say; אָמַר֙ · says; אָמַ֥ר · asks
    You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
  27. Malachi 1:14אָמַר֙ · says
    “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
  28. Malachi 2:2אָמַר֙ · says
    If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
  29. Malachi 2:4אָמַ֖ר · says
    Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  30. Malachi 2:8אָמַ֖ר · says
    But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  31. Malachi 2:14וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · Yet you ask
    Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
  32. Malachi 2:16אָמַ֤ר · says; אָמַ֖ר · says
    “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
  33. Malachi 2:17וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · yet you ask; בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם · By saying
    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
  34. Malachi 3:1אָמַ֖ר · says
    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  35. Malachi 3:5אָמַ֖ר · says
    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  36. Malachi 3:7אָמַ֖ר · says; וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · But you ask
    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
  37. Malachi 3:8וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · But you ask
    Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
  38. Malachi 3:10אָמַ֖ר · says
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.