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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 18:18אָמַר֙ · he had said
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:19אָמַ֔ר · said
    Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
  3. 2 Samuel 18:20וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · replied
    But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
  4. 2 Samuel 18:21וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
  5. 2 Samuel 18:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
  6. 2 Samuel 18:23וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · Joab told
    “No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
  7. 2 Samuel 18:25וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
  8. 2 Samuel 18:26וַיֹּ֕אמֶר; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    …the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
  9. 2 Samuel 18:27וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
  10. 2 Samuel 18:28וַיֹּ֤אמֶר; וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · He continued
    Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
  11. 2 Samuel 18:29וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
  12. 2 Samuel 18:30וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    “Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.
  13. 2 Samuel 18:31וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
  14. 2 Samuel 18:32וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
  15. 2 Samuel 18:33אָמַ֣ר · he cried out
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  16. 2 Samuel 19:2לֵאמֹ֔ר
    And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
  17. 2 Samuel 19:5וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · and said
    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
  18. 2 Samuel 19:8לֵאמֹ֗ר
    So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
  19. 2 Samuel 19:9לֵאמֹ֑ר
    And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
  20. 2 Samuel 19:11לֵאמֹר֒; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
  21. 2 Samuel 19:13תֹּֽמְר֔וּ · And say
    And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
  22. 2 Samuel 19:19וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    …and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
  23. 2 Samuel 19:21וַיֹּ֔אמֶר
    But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
  24. 2 Samuel 19:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
  25. 2 Samuel 19:23וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
  26. 2 Samuel 19:25וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked
    And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
  27. 2 Samuel 19:26וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · he replied; אָמַ֨ר · said
    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
  28. 2 Samuel 19:29וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied; אָמַ֕רְתִּי · I hereby declare
    The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
  29. 2 Samuel 19:30וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
  30. 2 Samuel 19:33וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
  31. 2 Samuel 19:34וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
  32. 2 Samuel 19:38וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
  33. 2 Samuel 19:41וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and asked
    Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
  34. 2 Samuel 19:43וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
  35. 2 Samuel 20:1וַ֠יֹּאמֶר · and shouted
    Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
  36. 2 Samuel 20:4וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
  37. 2 Samuel 20:6וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
  38. 2 Samuel 20:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked
    “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
  39. 2 Samuel 20:11וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
  40. 2 Samuel 20:16אִמְרוּ־ · tell
    …a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
  41. 2 Samuel 20:17וַתֹּ֧אמֶר · asked
    When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.