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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 23:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said
    …he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
  2. Joshua 24:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; אָמַ֣ר · says
    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
  3. Joshua 24:16וַיֹּ֔אמֶר
    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
  4. Joshua 24:19וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  5. Joshua 24:21וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
  6. Joshua 24:22וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · told; וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · they said
    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
  7. Joshua 24:24וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
  8. Joshua 24:27וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
  9. Judges 1:1לֵאמֹ֑ר
    After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
  10. Judges 1:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered
    “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
  11. Judges 1:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.
  12. Judges 1:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  13. Judges 1:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  14. Judges 1:14וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ · asked
    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  15. Judges 1:15וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · she answered
    “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
  16. Judges 1:24וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · they said
    …and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
  17. Judges 2:1וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · and said; וָאֹמַ֕ר · and I said
    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
  18. Judges 2:3אָמַ֔רְתִּי · I tell you
    So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
  19. Judges 2:20וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and He said
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
  20. Judges 3:19וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said the king
    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
  21. Judges 3:20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
  22. Judges 3:24וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they said
    After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
  23. Judges 3:28וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · he told them
    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
  24. Judges 4:6וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · and said
    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
  25. Judges 4:8וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
  26. Judges 4:9וַתֹּ֜אמֶר · Deborah replied
    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
  27. Judges 4:14וַתֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  28. Judges 4:18וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
  29. Judges 4:19וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · [Sisera] said
    Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
  30. Judges 4:20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said; וְאָמַ֛ר · say; וְאָמַ֥רְתְּ
    “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
  31. Judges 4:22וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
  32. Judges 5:1לֵאמֹֽר׃
    On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
  33. Judges 5:23אָמַר֙ · says
    ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
  34. Judges 6:8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · who told; אָמַ֥ר · says
    He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  35. Judges 6:10וָאֹמְרָ֣ה · And I said
    And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
  36. Judges 6:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
  37. Judges 6:13וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied; לֵאמֹ֗ר · saying
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
  38. Judges 6:14וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  39. Judges 6:15וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · [Gideon] replied
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
  40. Judges 6:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
  41. Judges 6:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Gideon answered
    Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
  42. Judges 6:18וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · And [the LORD] said
    Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”