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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. 2 Samuel 3:24וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and said
    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
  2. 2 Samuel 3:28וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
  3. 2 Samuel 3:31וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · ordered
    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
  4. 2 Samuel 3:33וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
  5. 2 Samuel 3:35לֵאמֹ֗ר · saying
    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
  6. 2 Samuel 3:38וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
  7. 2 Samuel 4:8וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · and said
    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
  8. 2 Samuel 4:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
  9. 2 Samuel 4:10לֵאמֹ֜ר
    …when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
  10. 2 Samuel 5:1וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and said; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
  11. 2 Samuel 5:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  12. 2 Samuel 5:6וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · The Jebusites said; לֵאמֹר֙ · For they thought; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
  13. 2 Samuel 5:8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; יֹֽאמְר֔וּ · it is said
    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
  14. 2 Samuel 5:19לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  15. 2 Samuel 5:20וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
  16. 2 Samuel 5:23וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · who answered
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  17. 2 Samuel 6:9וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and asked
    That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
  18. 2 Samuel 6:12לֵאמֹר֒
    Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
  19. 2 Samuel 6:20וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · she said
    When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
  20. 2 Samuel 6:21וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
  21. 2 Samuel 6:22אָמַ֔רְתְּ · you have spoken
    …and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
  22. 2 Samuel 7:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    …he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
  23. 2 Samuel 7:3וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
  24. 2 Samuel 7:4לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
  25. 2 Samuel 7:5וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ · and tell; אָמַ֣ר · says
    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
  26. 2 Samuel 7:7לֵאמֹ֑ר
    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
  27. 2 Samuel 7:8תֹאמַ֞ר · you are to tell; אָמַר֙ · says
    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  28. 2 Samuel 7:18וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
  29. 2 Samuel 7:26לֵאמֹ֔ר · when it is said
    …so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
  30. 2 Samuel 7:27לֵאמֹ֔ר · when You said
    For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
  31. 2 Samuel 9:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked
    Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
  32. 2 Samuel 9:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · inquired; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he replied
    And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
  33. 2 Samuel 9:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answered
    So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
  34. 2 Samuel 9:4וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ · replied; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
  35. 2 Samuel 9:6וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he replied
    And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
  36. 2 Samuel 9:7וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
  37. 2 Samuel 9:8וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and said
    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
  38. 2 Samuel 9:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
  39. 2 Samuel 9:11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.