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
- Exodus 7:9וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · you are to say“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
- Exodus 7:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
- Exodus 7:16וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · Then say; לֵאמֹ֔ר · to tell youThen say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
- Exodus 7:17אָמַ֣ר · saysThis is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
- Exodus 7:19וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; אֱמֹ֣ר · TellAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- Exodus 8:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell him that; אָמַ֣ר · saysThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 8:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; אֱמֹ֣ר · TellAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 8:8וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and saidPharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
- Exodus 8:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saidMoses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
- Exodus 8:10וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · [Pharaoh] answered; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · Moses replied“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
- Exodus 8:16וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; אֱמֹר֙ · TellThen the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 8:19וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · said“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 8:20וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell him; אָמַ֣ר · saysThen the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 8:25וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and saidThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
- Exodus 8:26וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · repliedBut Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
- Exodus 8:27יֹאמַ֥ר · He commands usWe must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
- Exodus 8:28וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answeredPharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
- Exodus 8:29וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
- Exodus 9:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; אָמַ֤ר · saysThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 9:5לֵאמֹ֑ר · sayingThe LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
- Exodus 9:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
- Exodus 9:13וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell him; אָמַ֤ר · saysThen the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 9:22וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
- Exodus 9:27וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he saidThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exodus 9:29וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidMoses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
- Exodus 10:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
- Exodus 10:3וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and told; אָמַ֤ר · saysSo Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 10:7וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ · asked himPharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
- Exodus 10:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · [he] saidSo Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
- Exodus 10:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
- Exodus 10:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then [Pharaoh]Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
- Exodus 10:12וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
- Exodus 10:16וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and saidPharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
- Exodus 10:21וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Exodus 10:24וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and saidThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
- Exodus 10:25וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · repliedBut Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
- Exodus 10:28וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ · said“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”