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
- Genesis 18:9וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they asked; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he replied“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
- Genesis 18:10וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Then the LORD saidThen the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
- Genesis 18:12לֵאמֹ֑ר · sayingSo she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Genesis 18:13וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · asked; לֵאמֹ֗ר · and sayAnd the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- Genesis 18:15לֵאמֹ֛ר · and said; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר׀ · replied [the LORD]But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- Genesis 18:17אָמָ֑ר · saidAnd the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- Genesis 18:20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Genesis 18:23וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · and saidAbraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 18:26וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · repliedSo the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
- Genesis 18:27וַיֹּאמַ֑רThen Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- Genesis 18:28וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · He replied…suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
- Genesis 18:29וַיֹּאמַ֔ר · He answered; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
- Genesis 18:30וַ֠יֹּאמֶר · Then [Abraham] said; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · He repliedThen Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
- Genesis 18:31וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · And [Abraham] said; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · He answeredAnd Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
- Genesis 18:32וַ֠יֹּאמֶר · Finally, [Abraham] said; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · And He answeredFinally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
- Genesis 19:2וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they answered…and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
- Genesis 19:5וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · sayingThey called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
- Genesis 19:7וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · he pleaded“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
- Genesis 19:9וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ׀ · they replied; וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · And they declared“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
- Genesis 19:12וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · saidThen the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
- Genesis 19:14וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he saidSo Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- Genesis 19:15לֵאמֹ֑ר · sayingAt daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- Genesis 19:17וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · one of them saidAs soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
- Genesis 19:18וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · repliedBut Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
- Genesis 19:21וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he answered“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
- Genesis 19:31וַתֹּ֧אמֶר · saidOne day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
- Genesis 19:34וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · saidThe next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
- Genesis 20:2וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · saidAbraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- Genesis 20:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and toldOne night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
- Genesis 20:4וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · so he repliedNow Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
- Genesis 20:5אָֽמַר־ · tell; אָֽמְרָ֖ה · saidDidn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
- Genesis 20:6וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · saidThen God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
- Genesis 20:9וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and askedThen Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
- Genesis 20:10וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · also askedAbimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
- Genesis 20:11וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · replied; אָמַ֗רְתִּי · I thought to myselfAbraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Genesis 20:13וָאֹמַ֣ר · I said; אִמְרִי־ · saySo when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
- Genesis 20:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saidAnd Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
- Genesis 20:16אָמַ֗ר · And he saidAnd he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”