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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 8:19וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they said
    Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
  2. 1 Samuel 8:22וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · told
    “Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
  3. 1 Samuel 9:3וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
  4. 1 Samuel 9:5אָמַ֛ר · said
    When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
  5. 1 Samuel 9:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said the servant
    “Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
  6. 1 Samuel 9:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied
    “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
  7. 1 Samuel 9:8וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · he said
    The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
  8. 1 Samuel 9:9אָמַ֤ר · would say
    (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
  9. 1 Samuel 9:10וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    “Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
  10. 1 Samuel 9:11וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and asked
    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
  11. 1 Samuel 9:12וַתֹּאמַ֥רְנָה
    “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
  12. 1 Samuel 9:15לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
  13. 1 Samuel 9:17אָמַ֣רְתִּי · I spoke
    When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
  14. 1 Samuel 9:18וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and asked
    Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
  15. 1 Samuel 9:19וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
  16. 1 Samuel 9:21וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
  17. 1 Samuel 9:23וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; אָמַ֣רְתִּי · and told
    And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”
  18. 1 Samuel 9:24וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · Then Samuel said; לֵאמֹ֖ר · from the time I said
    So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.
  19. 1 Samuel 9:26לֵאמֹ֔ר
    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
  20. 1 Samuel 9:27אָמַ֣ר · said; אֱמֹ֥ר · Tell
    As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.
  21. 1 Samuel 10:1וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
  22. 1 Samuel 10:2וְאָמְר֣וּ · They will say; לֵאמֹ֔ר · asking
    When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
  23. 1 Samuel 10:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · they asked
    When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  24. 1 Samuel 10:12וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
    Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  25. 1 Samuel 10:14וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · asked; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Saul replied
    Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
  26. 1 Samuel 10:15וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · asked; אָמַ֥ר · say to you
    “Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
  27. 1 Samuel 10:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied; אָמַ֥ר · had said
    And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
  28. 1 Samuel 10:18וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · and said; אָמַ֤ר · says
    …and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
  29. 1 Samuel 10:19וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ · and you have said
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
  30. 1 Samuel 10:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
  31. 1 Samuel 10:24וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
  32. 1 Samuel 10:27אָמְר֗וּ · said
    But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
  33. 1 Samuel 11:1וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ · said
    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
  34. 1 Samuel 11:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
  35. 1 Samuel 11:3וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · replied
    “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
  36. 1 Samuel 11:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked
    Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
  37. 1 Samuel 11:7לֵאמֹר֒ · proclaiming
    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
  38. 1 Samuel 11:9וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ · So they said; תֹֽאמְרוּן֙ · Tell
    So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
  39. 1 Samuel 11:10וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ֙ · said [to Nahash]
    Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”