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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 14:43וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · commanded; וַיֹּאמֶר֩
    “Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
  2. 1 Samuel 14:44וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · declared
    And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”
  3. 1 Samuel 14:45וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  4. 1 Samuel 15:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
  5. 1 Samuel 15:2אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
  6. 1 Samuel 15:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · warned
    And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
  7. 1 Samuel 15:10לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
  8. 1 Samuel 15:12לֵאמֹ֗ר
    Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
  9. 1 Samuel 15:13וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
  10. 1 Samuel 15:14וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
  11. 1 Samuel 15:15וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · answered
    Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
  12. 1 Samuel 15:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · exclaimed; וַיֹּאמְרוּ · Saul replied
    “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
  13. 1 Samuel 15:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
  14. 1 Samuel 15:18וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · saying
    …and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
  15. 1 Samuel 15:20וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied
    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
  16. 1 Samuel 15:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · declared
    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
  17. 1 Samuel 15:24וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  18. 1 Samuel 15:26וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
  19. 1 Samuel 15:28וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
  20. 1 Samuel 15:30וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Saul replied
    “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
  21. 1 Samuel 15:32וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · thought
    Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
  22. 1 Samuel 15:33וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · declared
    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  23. 1 Samuel 16:1וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  24. 1 Samuel 16:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered; וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ · and say
    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  25. 1 Samuel 16:3אֹמַ֖ר · I indicate
    Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
  26. 1 Samuel 16:4וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and asked
    So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
  27. 1 Samuel 16:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · he replied
    “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
  28. 1 Samuel 16:6וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
  29. 1 Samuel 16:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
  30. 1 Samuel 16:8וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · who said
    Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
  31. 1 Samuel 16:9וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · but Samuel said
    Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
  32. 1 Samuel 16:10וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · told
    Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
  33. 1 Samuel 16:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Jesse replied; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied
    And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
  34. 1 Samuel 16:12וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
  35. 1 Samuel 16:15וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · said
    Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
  36. 1 Samuel 16:16יֹאמַר־ · command
    Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
  37. 1 Samuel 16:17וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · commanded
    And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
  38. 1 Samuel 16:18וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
  39. 1 Samuel 16:19וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
  40. 1 Samuel 16:22לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
  41. 1 Samuel 17:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
    And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
  42. 1 Samuel 17:10וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said
    Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
  43. 1 Samuel 17:17וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.