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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. Genesis 9:17וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
  2. Genesis 9:25וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he said
    …he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
  3. Genesis 9:26וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · He also declared
    He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
  4. Genesis 10:9יֵֽאָמַ֔ר · it is said
    He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
  5. Genesis 11:3וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ · And they said
    And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
  6. Genesis 11:4וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ · they said
    “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
  7. Genesis 11:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
  8. Genesis 12:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
  9. Genesis 12:7וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  10. Genesis 12:11וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he said
    As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
  11. Genesis 12:12וְאָמְר֖וּ · they will say
    …and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
  12. Genesis 12:13אִמְרִי־ · say
    Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
  13. Genesis 12:18וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and asked
    So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
  14. Genesis 12:19אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ · did you say
    Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
  15. Genesis 13:8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.
  16. Genesis 13:14אָמַ֣ר · said
    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
  17. Genesis 14:19וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · and said
    …and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
  18. Genesis 14:21וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
  19. Genesis 14:22וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
  20. Genesis 14:23תֹאמַ֔ר · you should say
    …that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
  21. Genesis 15:1לֵאמֹ֑ר
    After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
  22. Genesis 15:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  23. Genesis 15:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · continued
    Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
  24. Genesis 15:4לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
  25. Genesis 15:5וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then He told
    And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
  26. Genesis 15:7וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · [The LORD] also told
    The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
  27. Genesis 15:8וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · But [Abram] replied
    But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
  28. Genesis 15:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And [the LORD] said
    And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
  29. Genesis 15:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then [the LORD] said
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  30. Genesis 15:18לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  31. Genesis 16:2וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
  32. Genesis 16:5וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
  33. Genesis 16:6וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
  34. Genesis 16:8וַיֹּאמַ֗ר · he said; וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · she replied
    “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
  35. Genesis 16:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · told
    So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
  36. Genesis 16:10וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · added
    Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
  37. Genesis 16:11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · proceeded
    The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
  38. Genesis 16:13אָֽמְרָ֗ה · she said
    So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
  39. Genesis 17:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  40. Genesis 17:3לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
  41. Genesis 17:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · also said
    God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
  42. Genesis 17:15וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
  43. Genesis 17:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  44. Genesis 17:18וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
  45. Genesis 17:19וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
  46. Genesis 18:3וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · said [Abraham]
    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
  47. Genesis 18:5וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they replied
    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
  48. Genesis 18:6וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”