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 19:11וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Then [the LORD] saidThen the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
- 1 Kings 19:13וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and saidWhen Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- 1 Kings 19:14וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · 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.”
- 1 Kings 19:15וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
- 1 Kings 19:20וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · [Elijah] repliedSo Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
- 1 Kings 20:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saying; אָמַ֣ר · says…saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”
- 1 Kings 20:4וַיֹּ֔אמֶרAnd the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
- 1 Kings 20:5וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said; אָמַ֥ר · says; לֵאמֹ֑ר · to demand; לֵאמֹ֔רThe messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
- 1 Kings 20:7וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and saidThen the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
- 1 Kings 20:8וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · saidAnd the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”
- 1 Kings 20:9וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · So [Ahab] answered; אִמְר֞וּ · TellSo Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
- 1 Kings 20:10וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · another messageThen Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- 1 Kings 20:11וַיֹּ֣אמֶרAnd the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
- 1 Kings 20:12וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and he saidBen-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
- 1 Kings 20:13וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and declared; אָמַ֣ר · saysMeanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · And the prophet replied; אָמַ֣ר · says; וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · asked [Ahab]; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · answered the prophet“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.
- 1 Kings 20:17לֵאמֹ֔רAnd the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
- 1 Kings 20:18וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · he said“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- 1 Kings 20:22וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and saidAfterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
- 1 Kings 20:23אָמְר֣וּ · saidMeanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
- 1 Kings 20:28וַיֹּאמֶר֮ · and said; וַיֹּ֜אמֶר; אָמַ֣ר · says; אָמְר֤וּ · have said thatThen the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:31וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · saidThen the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
- 1 Kings 20:32וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said; אָמַ֖ר · says; וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · And [the king] answeredSo with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
- 1 Kings 20:33וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · and replied; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · said [the king]Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
- 1 Kings 20:34וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Ben-hadad saidBen-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
- 1 Kings 20:35אָמַ֧ר · saidMeanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
- 1 Kings 20:36וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then [the prophet] saidThen the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
- 1 Kings 20:37וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · and saidThen the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
- 1 Kings 20:39וַיֹּ֜אמֶר; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and toldAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
- 1 Kings 20:40וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidBut while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
- 1 Kings 20:42וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And [the prophet] said; אָמַ֣ר · saysAnd the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”