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אָמַר

a.marto sayHow to read Hebrew
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. 1 Kings 2:42לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַתֹּ֧אמֶר · And you told
    …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.’
  2. 1 Kings 2:44וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · also said
    The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
  3. 1 Kings 3:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
  4. 1 Kings 3:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
  5. 1 Kings 3:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
  6. 1 Kings 3:17וַתֹּ֜אמֶר · said
    One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
  7. 1 Kings 3:22וַתֹּאמֶר֩ · said; אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ · insisted
    “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
  8. 1 Kings 3:23וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied; אֹמֶ֔רֶת · woman says; אֹמֶ֙רֶת֙ · woman says
    Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
  9. 1 Kings 3:24וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · continued
    The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
  10. 1 Kings 3:25וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · declared
    …and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
  11. 1 Kings 3:26וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · spoke; וַתֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · she said; אֹמֶ֗רֶת · [woman] said
    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
  12. 1 Kings 3:27וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · gave his ruling
    Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
  13. 1 Kings 5:2לֵאמֹֽר׃ · this message
    And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:
  14. 1 Kings 5:5אֹמֵ֔ר · I plan; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
  15. 1 Kings 5:6תֹּאמֵ֑ר · you set
    Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
  16. 1 Kings 5:7וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
  17. 1 Kings 5:8לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
  18. 1 Kings 6:11לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
  19. 1 Kings 8:12אָמַ֣ר · declared; אָמַ֔ר · has said
    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
  20. 1 Kings 8:15וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said; לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    …and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
  21. 1 Kings 8:18וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
  22. 1 Kings 8:23וַיֹּאמַ֗ר · and said
    …and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  23. 1 Kings 8:25לֵאמֹ֔ר · when You said
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
  24. 1 Kings 8:29אָמַ֔רְתָּ · You said
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  25. 1 Kings 8:47לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  26. 1 Kings 8:55לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
  27. 1 Kings 9:3וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  28. 1 Kings 9:5לֵאמֹ֔ר · when I said
    …then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  29. 1 Kings 9:8וְאָמְר֗וּ · and say
    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  30. 1 Kings 9:9וְאָמְר֗וּ · And [others] will answer
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  31. 1 Kings 9:13וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · asked [Hiram]
    “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.
  32. 1 Kings 10:6וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · She said
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  33. 1 Kings 11:2אָֽמַר־ · had told
    These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
  34. 1 Kings 11:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
  35. 1 Kings 11:18אָ֣מַר · and provided
    Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
  36. 1 Kings 11:21וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
  37. 1 Kings 11:22וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · [Hadad] replied
    But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
  38. 1 Kings 11:31וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said; אָמַ֨ר · says
    …and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
  39. 1 Kings 12:3לֵאמֹֽר׃
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,