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.
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
Occurrences
5,308 total
- Genesis 24:25וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · Then she addedThen she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
- Genesis 24:27וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · saying…saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
- Genesis 24:30לֵאמֹ֔רAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- Genesis 24:31וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · said Laban“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
- Genesis 24:33וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · but he said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · So Laban saidThen a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
- Genesis 24:34וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · he replied“I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
- Genesis 24:37לֵאמֹ֑ר · and saidMy master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
- Genesis 24:39וָאֹמַ֖ר · Then I askedThen I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
- Genesis 24:40וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · And he toldAnd he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
- Genesis 24:42וָאֹמַ֗ר · I prayedSo when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
- Genesis 24:43וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י · and I sayHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- Genesis 24:44וְאָמְרָ֤ה · and she replies…and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
- Genesis 24:45וָאֹמַ֥ר · So I saidAnd before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
- Genesis 24:46וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and saidShe quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
- Genesis 24:47וָאֹמַר֮ · She replied; וַתֹּ֗אמֶרThen I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- Genesis 24:50וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּLaban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
- Genesis 24:54וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he saidThen he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
- Genesis 24:55וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidBut her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
- Genesis 24:56וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · But he repliedBut he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
- Genesis 24:57וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · So they saidSo they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
- Genesis 24:58וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and asked; וַתֹּ֖אמֶר · she repliedThey called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
- Genesis 24:60וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · and saidAnd they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Genesis 24:65וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and asked; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · answered…and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
- Genesis 25:22וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · and she saidBut the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
- Genesis 25:23וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · to her…and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
- Genesis 25:30וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidHe said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
- Genesis 25:31וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · replied“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
- Genesis 25:32וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
- Genesis 25:33וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
- Genesis 26:2וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · [Isaac] and said; אֹמַ֥ר · I tell youThe LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
- Genesis 26:7וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he said; לֵאמֹ֣ר · to sayBut when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
- Genesis 26:9וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said; אָמַ֖רְתָּ · could you say; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied; אָמַ֔רְתִּי · I thoughtAbimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
- Genesis 26:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
- Genesis 26:11לֵאמֹ֑ר · sayingSo Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
- Genesis 26:16וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · saidThen Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- Genesis 26:20לֵאמֹ֖ר · and saidBut the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
- Genesis 26:22וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and saidHe moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
- Genesis 26:24וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said…and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
- Genesis 26:27וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
- Genesis 26:28וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · they replied; וַנֹּ֗אמֶר · We recommend that“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you