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
- 1 Kings 1:24אָמַ֔רְתָּ · say“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
- 1 Kings 1:25וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · sayingFor today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
- 1 Kings 1:28וַיֹּ֔אמֶרThen King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
- 1 Kings 1:29וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · sayingAnd the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- 1 Kings 1:30לֵאמֹ֔רI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
- 1 Kings 1:31וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · and saidBathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- 1 Kings 1:32וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · saidThen King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
- 1 Kings 1:33וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:34וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם · and declareThere Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
- 1 Kings 1:36וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · declare it; יֹאמַ֣ר“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
- 1 Kings 1:39וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · proclaimedZadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- 1 Kings 1:41וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · askedNow Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
- 1 Kings 1:42וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidAs he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
- 1 Kings 1:43וַיֹּ֖אמֶר“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- 1 Kings 1:47לֵאמֹר֒ · sayingThe king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
- 1 Kings 1:48אָמַ֣ר · saying…saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
- 1 Kings 1:51לֵאמֹ֔ר; לֵאמֹ֔ר · sayingIt was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
- 1 Kings 1:52וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · repliedAnd Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
- 1 Kings 1:53וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ · saidSo King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
- 1 Kings 2:1לֵאמֹֽר׃As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
- 1 Kings 2:4לֵאמֹר֒; לֵאמֹ֕ר…and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 2:8לֵאמֹ֔רKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
- 1 Kings 2:13וַתֹּ֖אמֶר · and she asked; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he repliedNow Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
- 1 Kings 2:14וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Then he said; וַתֹּ֖אמֶר · she answeredThen he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
- 1 Kings 2:15וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · he said“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
- 1 Kings 2:16וַתֹּ֥אמֶר · she toldSo now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
- 1 Kings 2:17וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · [Adonijah] replied; אִמְרִי־ · speakAdonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
- 1 Kings 2:18וַתֹּ֥אמֶר · replied“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
- 1 Kings 2:20וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · she said; וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ · replied“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
- 1 Kings 2:21וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · So [Bathsheba] saidSo Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
- 1 Kings 2:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶרKing Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
- 1 Kings 2:23לֵאמֹ֑רThen King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
- 1 Kings 2:26אָמַ֣ר · saidThen the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- 1 Kings 2:29לֵאמֹ֖ר · sayingIt was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
- 1 Kings 2:30וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and said; אָמַ֤ר · says; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר׀ · But Joab replied; לֵאמֹ֔ר · sayingAnd Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
- 1 Kings 2:31וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · repliedAnd the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
- 1 Kings 2:36וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and saidThen the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
- 1 Kings 2:38וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
- 1 Kings 2:39לֵאמֹ֔רAfter three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
- 1 Kings 2:42וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and said…the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’