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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 16:12וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · and called out
    So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
  2. Judges 16:13וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He told her
    Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  3. Judges 16:14וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and called
    So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
  4. Judges 16:15וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · can you say; תֹּאמַ֣ר · she asked
    “How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
  5. Judges 16:17וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  6. Judges 16:18לֵאמֹר֙ · this message
    When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
  7. Judges 16:20וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · Then she called out; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he thought
    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
  8. Judges 16:23וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
  9. Judges 16:24אָמְר֗וּ
    And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
  10. Judges 16:25וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they said
    And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
  11. Judges 16:26וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
  12. Judges 16:28וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
  13. Judges 16:30וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
  14. Judges 17:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; אָמַ֣רְתְּ · utter; וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    …said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
  15. Judges 17:3וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
  16. Judges 17:9וַיֹּאמֶר־ · asked; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · he replied
    “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
  17. Judges 17:10וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
  18. Judges 17:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
  19. Judges 18:2וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they told them
    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
  20. Judges 18:3וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ · and asked
    And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
  21. Judges 18:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he replied
    “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
  22. Judges 18:5וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ · Then they said
    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
  23. Judges 18:6וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · told
    And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
  24. Judges 18:8וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · asked
    When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
  25. Judges 18:9וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · They answered
    They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
  26. Judges 18:14וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · said
    Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
  27. Judges 18:18וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
  28. Judges 18:19וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ · they told
    “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
  29. Judges 18:23וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and said
    When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
  30. Judges 18:24וַיֹּ֡אמֶר · He replied; תֹּאמְר֥וּ · can you say
    He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
  31. Judges 18:25וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · said
    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
  32. Judges 19:5וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
  33. Judges 19:6וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · said
    So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
  34. Judges 19:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · said
    On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
  35. Judges 19:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
  36. Judges 19:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
  37. Judges 19:12וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
  38. Judges 19:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He continued
    He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
  39. Judges 19:17וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked
    When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
  40. Judges 19:18וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · [The Levite] replied
    The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
  41. Judges 19:20וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
  42. Judges 19:22וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · they said; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”