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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. Deuteronomy 31:25לֵאמֹֽר׃
    …he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
  2. Deuteronomy 32:7וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ · and they will inform
    Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:20וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · He said
    He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:26אָמַ֖רְתִּי · I would have said that
    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
  5. Deuteronomy 32:27יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ · and say
    …if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
  6. Deuteronomy 32:37וְאָמַ֖ר · He will say
    He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
  7. Deuteronomy 32:40וְאָמַ֕רְתִּי · and declare
    For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
  8. Deuteronomy 32:46וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · he said
    …he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
  9. Deuteronomy 32:48לֵאמֹֽר׃
    On that same day the LORD said to Moses,
  10. Deuteronomy 33:2וַיֹּאמַ֗ר · He said
    He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
  11. Deuteronomy 33:7וַיֹּאמַר֒ · he said
    And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
  12. Deuteronomy 33:8אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
  13. Deuteronomy 33:9הָאֹמֵ֞ר · He said
    He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
  14. Deuteronomy 33:12אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
  15. Deuteronomy 33:13אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
  16. Deuteronomy 33:18אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.
  17. Deuteronomy 33:20אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
  18. Deuteronomy 33:22אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
  19. Deuteronomy 33:23אָמַ֔ר · he said
    Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
  20. Deuteronomy 33:24אָמַ֔ר · he said
    And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
  21. Deuteronomy 33:27וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · giving the command
    The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
  22. Deuteronomy 34:4וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֔ר · when I said
    And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
  23. Joshua 1:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · spoke; לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
  24. Joshua 1:10לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
  25. Joshua 1:11לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
  26. Joshua 1:12אָמַ֥ר · said; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
  27. Joshua 1:13לֵאמֹ֑ר · when he said
    “Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’
  28. Joshua 1:16לֵאמֹ֑ר
    So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
  29. Joshua 2:1לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
  30. Joshua 2:2וַיֵּ֣אָמַ֔ר · And it was reported; לֵאמֹ֑ר
    And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
  31. Joshua 2:3לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”
  32. Joshua 2:4וַתֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · So she said
    But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
  33. Joshua 2:9וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said
    …and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
  34. Joshua 2:14וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ · agreed
    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
  35. Joshua 2:16וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · she said
    “Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
  36. Joshua 2:17וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear
  37. Joshua 2:21וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · she replied
    “Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
  38. Joshua 2:24וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ · they said
    “The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
  39. Joshua 3:3לֵאמֹר֒
    …and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
  40. Joshua 3:5וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · told
    Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
  41. Joshua 3:6וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
  42. Joshua 3:7וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
  43. Joshua 3:8לֵאמֹ֑ר
    Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
  44. Joshua 3:9וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · told
    So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
  45. Joshua 3:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · continued
    He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.