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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 23:3וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ · said
    But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
  2. 1 Samuel 23:4וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  3. 1 Samuel 23:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
  4. 1 Samuel 23:9וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he said
    When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
  5. 1 Samuel 23:10וַיֹּאמֶר֮ · said
    And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
  6. 1 Samuel 23:11וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
  7. 1 Samuel 23:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
  8. 1 Samuel 23:17וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saying
    …saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
  9. 1 Samuel 23:19לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
  10. 1 Samuel 23:21וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
  11. 1 Samuel 23:22אָמַ֣ר · I am told that
    Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
  12. 1 Samuel 23:27לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
  13. 1 Samuel 24:1לֵאמֹ֔ר
    After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
  14. 1 Samuel 24:4וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ · said; אָמַ֧ר · said
    So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
  15. 1 Samuel 24:6וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · So he said
    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
  16. 1 Samuel 24:8לֵאמֹ֖ר
    After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
  17. 1 Samuel 24:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֑ר · who say
    …and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
  18. 1 Samuel 24:10וְאָמַ֥ר · I was told; וָאֹמַ֗ר · and said
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  19. 1 Samuel 24:13יֹאמַ֗ר · says
    As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
  20. 1 Samuel 24:16וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · called back
    When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
  21. 1 Samuel 24:17וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said
    …and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
  22. 1 Samuel 25:5וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and instructed them
    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
  23. 1 Samuel 25:6וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם · and say to him
    …and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
  24. 1 Samuel 25:10וַיֹּ֔אמֶר · asked
    But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
  25. 1 Samuel 25:13וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
  26. 1 Samuel 25:14לֵאמֹ֑ר
    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
  27. 1 Samuel 25:19וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    …and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
  28. 1 Samuel 25:21אָמַ֗ר · said
    Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
  29. 1 Samuel 25:24וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
  30. 1 Samuel 25:32וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
  31. 1 Samuel 25:35אָמַ֗ר · and he said
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  32. 1 Samuel 25:39וַיֹּ֡אמֶר · said
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  33. 1 Samuel 25:40לֵאמֹ֔ר
    When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
  34. 1 Samuel 25:41וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
  35. 1 Samuel 26:1לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  36. 1 Samuel 26:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀; לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered
    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  37. 1 Samuel 26:8וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
  38. 1 Samuel 26:9וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  39. 1 Samuel 26:10וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · added
    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  40. 1 Samuel 26:14לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַיֹּ֔אמֶר
    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
  41. 1 Samuel 26:15וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
  42. 1 Samuel 26:17וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.