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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. Judges 6:20וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
  2. Judges 6:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
  3. Judges 6:23וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
  4. Judges 6:25וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
  5. Judges 6:29וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · they said; וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they were told
    “Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
  6. Judges 6:30וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ · said
    Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
  7. Judges 6:31וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
  8. Judges 6:32לֵאמֹ֑ר · that is to say
    So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
  9. Judges 6:36וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
  10. Judges 6:39וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
  11. Judges 7:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
  12. Judges 7:3לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
  13. Judges 7:4וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; אֹמַ֨ר · I say; אֹמַ֜ר · I say
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
  14. Judges 7:5וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
  15. Judges 7:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
  16. Judges 7:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  17. Judges 7:13וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · he said
    And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
  18. Judges 7:14וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
  19. Judges 7:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
  20. Judges 7:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · [Gideon] said
    “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
  21. Judges 7:18וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · and shout
    When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
  22. Judges 7:24לֵאמֹ֗ר · to say
    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
  23. Judges 8:1וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · said
    Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
  24. Judges 8:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · But [Gideon] answered
    But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
  25. Judges 8:5וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · So [Gideon] said
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  26. Judges 8:6וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · asked
    But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
  27. Judges 8:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
  28. Judges 8:9וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · told; לֵאמֹ֑ר
    So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
  29. Judges 8:15וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said; לֵאמֹ֗ר · saying
    And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
  30. Judges 8:18וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Next, [Gideon] asked; וַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙ · they answered
    Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
  31. Judges 8:19וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · Gideon replied
    “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
  32. Judges 8:20וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · So he said
    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
  33. Judges 8:21וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · said
    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
  34. Judges 8:22וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · said
    Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
  35. Judges 8:23וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
  36. Judges 8:24וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · added
    Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
  37. Judges 8:25וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · they replied
    “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
  38. Judges 9:1לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
  39. Judges 9:3אָמְר֖וּ · they said
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
  40. Judges 9:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
  41. Judges 9:8וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · They said
    One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
  42. Judges 9:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  43. Judges 9:10וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’