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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. Joshua 4:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
  2. Joshua 4:3לֵאמֹר֒
    …and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
  3. Joshua 4:5וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    …and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,
  4. Joshua 4:6לֵאמֹ֔ר
    …to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
  5. Joshua 4:7וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם · you are to tell
    …you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
  6. Joshua 4:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said to; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Joshua,
  7. Joshua 4:17לֵאמֹ֑ר
    So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
  8. Joshua 4:21וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · Then [Joshua] said; לֵאמֹ֑ר; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
  9. Joshua 4:22לֵאמֹ֑ר
    …you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
  10. Joshua 5:2אָמַ֤ר · said
    At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
  11. Joshua 5:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
  12. Joshua 5:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and asked
    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
  13. Joshua 5:14וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · He replied; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and asked
    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
  14. Joshua 5:15וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · replied
    The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
  15. Joshua 6:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.
  16. Joshua 6:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
  17. Joshua 6:7וַיֹּאמְרוּ · And he told
    And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
  18. Joshua 6:8כֶּאֱמֹ֣ר · had spoken
    After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
  19. Joshua 6:10לֵאמֹ֗ר; אָמְרִ֧י · I tell
    But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
  20. Joshua 6:16וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · commanded
    After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
  21. Joshua 6:22אָמַ֣ר · told
    Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
  22. Joshua 6:26לֵאמֹ֑ר
    At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
  23. Joshua 7:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and told them; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
  24. Joshua 7:3וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they reported
    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
  25. Joshua 7:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
  26. Joshua 7:8אֹמַ֔ר · can I say
    O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
  27. Joshua 7:10וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
  28. Joshua 7:13וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · saying; אָמַ֨ר · says
    Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
  29. Joshua 7:19וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
  30. Joshua 7:20וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
  31. Joshua 7:25וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
  32. Joshua 8:1וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
  33. Joshua 8:4לֵאמֹ֗ר
    …with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
  34. Joshua 8:6יֹֽאמְר֔וּ · they will say
    They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
  35. Joshua 8:18וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
  36. Joshua 9:6וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · and said
    They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
  37. Joshua 9:7וַיֹּאמְרוּ · said
    But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
  38. Joshua 9:8וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · they said; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked them
    “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
  39. Joshua 9:9וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they replied
    “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
  40. Joshua 9:11וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · told; לֵאמֹ֗ר
    So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’