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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. 1 Samuel 2:30אָמ֣וֹר · I did indeed; אָמַ֔רְתִּי · say
    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:36וְאָמַ֗ר · pleading
    And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
  3. 1 Samuel 3:4וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · and he answered
    Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
  4. 1 Samuel 3:5וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · Eli replied
    He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
  5. 1 Samuel 3:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · Eli replied
    Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
  6. 1 Samuel 3:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
  7. 1 Samuel 3:9וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ · say
    “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
  8. 1 Samuel 3:10וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answered
    Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
  9. 1 Samuel 3:11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
  10. 1 Samuel 3:16וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · answered Samuel
    …but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
  11. 1 Samuel 3:17וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Eli asked
    “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
  12. 1 Samuel 3:18וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · replied Eli
    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
  13. 1 Samuel 4:3וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · asked
    When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
  14. 1 Samuel 4:6וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · asked
    On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
  15. 1 Samuel 4:7אָמְר֔וּ · they said; וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙
    …the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
  16. 1 Samuel 4:14וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and asked
    Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
  17. 1 Samuel 4:16וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · Eli asked
    “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
  18. 1 Samuel 4:17וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  19. 1 Samuel 4:21לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
  20. 1 Samuel 4:22וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · she said
    “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
  21. 1 Samuel 5:7וְאָמְר֗וּ · they said
    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
  22. 1 Samuel 5:8וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · and asked; וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they replied
    So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
  23. 1 Samuel 5:10לֵאמֹ֗ר
    So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
  24. 1 Samuel 5:11וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · and said
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  25. 1 Samuel 6:2לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    …the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
  26. 1 Samuel 6:3וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · They replied
    They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
  27. 1 Samuel 6:4וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · asked the Philistines; וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · they said
    “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
  28. 1 Samuel 6:20וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · asked
    The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
  29. 1 Samuel 6:21לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  30. 1 Samuel 7:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹר֒
    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
  31. 1 Samuel 7:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
  32. 1 Samuel 7:6וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · they confessed
    When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
  33. 1 Samuel 7:8וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · said
    …and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
  34. 1 Samuel 7:12וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · saying
    Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
  35. 1 Samuel 8:5וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they said
    “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
  36. 1 Samuel 8:6אָמְר֔וּ · they said
    But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
  37. 1 Samuel 8:7וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; יֹאמְר֖וּ · they say
    And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
  38. 1 Samuel 8:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · spoke
    So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
  39. 1 Samuel 8:11וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · He said
    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.