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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 30:20וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · calling out
    And he took all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
  2. 1 Samuel 30:22וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · said
    …but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
  3. 1 Samuel 30:23וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
  4. 1 Samuel 30:26לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
  5. 1 Samuel 31:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  6. 2 Samuel 1:3וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he replied
    “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
  7. 2 Samuel 1:4וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked; וַ֠יֹּאמֶר · he replied
    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
  8. 2 Samuel 1:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked
    Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
  9. 2 Samuel 1:6וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · replied
    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
  10. 2 Samuel 1:7וָאֹמַ֖ר · and I answered
    When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
  11. 2 Samuel 1:8וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he asked; וַיֹּאמֶר · So I told
    ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
  12. 2 Samuel 1:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then he begged me
    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
  13. 2 Samuel 1:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · inquired; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · he answered
    And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
  14. 2 Samuel 1:14וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · asked
    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
  15. 2 Samuel 1:15וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and said
    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
  16. 2 Samuel 1:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · had said; לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
  17. 2 Samuel 1:18וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and he ordered
    …and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
  18. 2 Samuel 2:1לֵאמֹר֙; וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · answered; וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied [the LORD]
    Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
  19. 2 Samuel 2:4לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
  20. 2 Samuel 2:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · to tell
    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
  21. 2 Samuel 2:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
  22. 2 Samuel 2:20וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · Asahel replied
    And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.
  23. 2 Samuel 2:21וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · told
    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
  24. 2 Samuel 2:22לֵאמֹר֙ · warned
    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
  25. 2 Samuel 2:26וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙; תֹאמַ֣ר · before you tell
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  26. 2 Samuel 2:27וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
  27. 2 Samuel 3:7וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · So Ish-bosheth questioned
    Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
  28. 2 Samuel 3:8וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he asked
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  29. 2 Samuel 3:12לֵאמֹ֖ר · to say; לֵאמֹ֗ר
    Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
  30. 2 Samuel 3:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied David; לֵאמֹר֙
    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
  31. 2 Samuel 3:14לֵאמֹ֑ר · to say
    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
  32. 2 Samuel 3:16וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
  33. 2 Samuel 3:17לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
  34. 2 Samuel 3:18אָמַ֤ר · has said; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
  35. 2 Samuel 3:21וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
  36. 2 Samuel 3:23לֵאמֹ֔ר
    When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”