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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 15:22וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    “March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:25וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
  3. 2 Samuel 15:26יֹאמַ֔ר · He should say
    But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
  4. 2 Samuel 15:27וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · also said
    The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
  5. 2 Samuel 15:31לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · pleaded
    Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
  6. 2 Samuel 15:33וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
  7. 2 Samuel 15:34וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ · and say
    But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
  8. 2 Samuel 16:2וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
  9. 2 Samuel 16:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · answered; אָמַ֔ר · he has said
    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
  10. 2 Samuel 16:4וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
  11. 2 Samuel 16:7אָמַ֥ר · said
    And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
  12. 2 Samuel 16:9וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
  13. 2 Samuel 16:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied; אָ֤מַר · told; יֹאמַ֔ר · can ask
    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
  14. 2 Samuel 16:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; אָֽמַר־ · has told
    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
  15. 2 Samuel 16:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
  16. 2 Samuel 16:17וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    “Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
  17. 2 Samuel 16:18וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered
    “Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
  18. 2 Samuel 16:20וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
  19. 2 Samuel 16:21וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
  20. 2 Samuel 17:1וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
  21. 2 Samuel 17:5וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said
    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
  22. 2 Samuel 17:6וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · told him; לֵאמֹ֗ר
    So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
  23. 2 Samuel 17:7וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
  24. 2 Samuel 17:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · continued
    He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
  25. 2 Samuel 17:9וְאָמַ֔ר · will say
    Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
  26. 2 Samuel 17:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
  27. 2 Samuel 17:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · told
    So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
  28. 2 Samuel 17:16לֵאמֹ֗ר
    Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
  29. 2 Samuel 17:20וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · they asked; וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
  30. 2 Samuel 17:21וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · saying
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  31. 2 Samuel 17:29אָמְר֔וּ · they said
    …honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
  32. 2 Samuel 18:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
  33. 2 Samuel 18:3וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · pleaded
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
  34. 2 Samuel 18:4וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    “I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
  35. 2 Samuel 18:5לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
  36. 2 Samuel 18:10וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
  37. 2 Samuel 18:11וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · exclaimed
    “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
  38. 2 Samuel 18:12וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
  39. 2 Samuel 18:14וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · declared
    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.