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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 9:11וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
  2. Judges 9:12וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
  3. Judges 9:13וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  4. Judges 9:14וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
  5. Judges 9:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
  6. Judges 9:28וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · said
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
  7. Judges 9:29וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · I would say
    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
  8. Judges 9:31לֵאמֹ֑ר · to say
    So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
  9. Judges 9:36וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
  10. Judges 9:37וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
    Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
  11. Judges 9:38וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied; תֹּאמַ֔ר · You said
    “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
  12. Judges 9:48וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · saying
    …he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
  13. Judges 9:54וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saying; יֹ֥אמְרוּ · they say
    He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
  14. Judges 10:10לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  15. Judges 10:11וַ֥יֹּאמֶר · replied
    The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
  16. Judges 10:15וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · said
    “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
  17. Judges 10:18וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · said
    And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
  18. Judges 11:2וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ · and said
    And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
  19. Judges 11:6וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they said
    “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
  20. Judges 11:7וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
  21. Judges 11:8וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ · answered
    They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
  22. Judges 11:9וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  23. Judges 11:10וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
  24. Judges 11:12לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
  25. Judges 11:13וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · answered
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  26. Judges 11:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · to tell; אָמַ֣ר · says
    …to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
  27. Judges 11:17לֵאמֹ֜ר · saying
    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
  28. Judges 11:19וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
  29. Judges 11:30וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
  30. Judges 11:35וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said
    As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
  31. Judges 11:36וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · she replied
    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
  32. Judges 11:37וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · She also said
    She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
  33. Judges 11:38וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said
    “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
  34. Judges 12:1וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · They said
    Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
  35. Judges 12:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
  36. Judges 12:4אָמְרוּ֙ · had said
    Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
  37. Judges 12:5יֹאמְר֞וּ · would say; וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ · would ask; וַיֹּ֥אמֶֽר׀ · If he answered
    The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
  38. Judges 12:6וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · they told; אֱמָר־ · say; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · If he said
    …they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
  39. Judges 13:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
  40. Judges 13:6וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and told; לֵאמֹר֒
    So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
  41. Judges 13:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · But he said
    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”