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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 17:12וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · But she replied
    But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
  2. 1 Kings 17:13וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
  3. 1 Kings 17:14אָמַ֨ר · says
    …for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
  4. 1 Kings 17:18וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said [the woman]
    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
  5. 1 Kings 17:19וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · But Elijah said
    But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
  6. 1 Kings 17:20וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
  7. 1 Kings 17:21וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
  8. 1 Kings 17:23וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · declared
    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
  9. 1 Kings 17:24וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
  10. 1 Kings 18:1לֵאמֹ֑ר
    After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
  11. 1 Kings 18:5וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
  12. 1 Kings 18:7וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
  13. 1 Kings 18:8וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he answered; אֱמֹ֥ר · tell
    “It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
  14. 1 Kings 18:9וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · But Obadiah replied
    But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
  15. 1 Kings 18:10וְאָמְר֖וּ · When they said
    As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
  16. 1 Kings 18:11אֹמֵ֑ר · say; אֱמֹ֥ר · tell
    And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
  17. 1 Kings 18:14אֹמֵ֔ר · say; אֱמֹ֥ר · tell
    And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
  18. 1 Kings 18:15וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said
    Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
  19. 1 Kings 18:17וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
  20. 1 Kings 18:18וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · [Elijah] replied
    “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
  21. 1 Kings 18:21וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said
    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
  22. 1 Kings 18:22וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
  23. 1 Kings 18:24וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · answered
    Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
  24. 1 Kings 18:25וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
  25. 1 Kings 18:26לֵאמֹר֙ · shouting
    And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
  26. 1 Kings 18:27וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · saying
    At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
  27. 1 Kings 18:30וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
  28. 1 Kings 18:31לֵאמֹ֔ר · [and] said
    And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
  29. 1 Kings 18:34וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · he said; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he said
    …and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
  30. 1 Kings 18:36וַיֹּאמַר֒ · the altar and said
    At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
  31. 1 Kings 18:39וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
  32. 1 Kings 18:40וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · ordered
    Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
  33. 1 Kings 18:41וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
  34. 1 Kings 18:43וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and he said; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Elijah said
    “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
  35. 1 Kings 18:44וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · [the servant] reported; וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · And Elijah replied; אֱמֹ֤ר · and tell
    On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
  36. 1 Kings 19:2לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
  37. 1 Kings 19:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · he said
    …while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
  38. 1 Kings 19:5וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · and said
    Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
  39. 1 Kings 19:7וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · saying
    A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
  40. 1 Kings 19:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saying
    There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
  41. 1 Kings 19:10וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · he replied
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”