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 21:2לֵאמֹר֩׀So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
- 1 Kings 21:3וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · repliedBut Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 21:4וַיֹּ֕אמֶרSo Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
- 1 Kings 21:6וָאֹ֣מַר · and told; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · And he repliedAhab answered, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ And he replied, ‘I will not give you my vineyard!’”
- 1 Kings 21:7וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · saidBut his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- 1 Kings 21:9לֵאמֹ֑רIn the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- 1 Kings 21:10לֵאמֹ֔רBut seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:13לֵאמֹ֔ר · sayingAnd the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:14לֵאמֹ֑רThen they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:15וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · saidWhen Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
- 1 Kings 21:17לֵאמֹֽר׃ · sayingThen the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
- 1 Kings 21:19לֵאמֹ֗ר · says; אָמַ֣ר; לֵאמֹ֗ר; אָמַ֣ר · saysTell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
- 1 Kings 21:20וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He repliedWhen Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 21:23לֵאמֹ֑רAnd the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
- 1 Kings 21:28לֵאמֹֽר׃ · sayingThen the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
- 1 Kings 22:3וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said…who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Kings 22:4וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · So he asked; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answeredSo he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 1 Kings 22:5וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · also saidBut Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- 1 Kings 22:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and asked them; וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they repliedSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:7וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · askedBut Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
- 1 Kings 22:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · say; יֹאמַ֥ר · repliedThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 1 Kings 22:9וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and saidSo the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
- 1 Kings 22:11וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and declared; אָמַ֣ר · saysNow Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
- 1 Kings 22:12לֵאמֹ֑ר · sayingAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:13לֵאמֹ֔רThen the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
- 1 Kings 22:14וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · said; יֹאמַ֧ר · tellsBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
- 1 Kings 22:15וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · Micaiah repliedWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
- 1 Kings 22:17וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · So Micaiah declared; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidSo Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
- 1 Kings 22:18וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said; אָמַ֣רְתִּי · tellThen the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
- 1 Kings 22:19וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Micaiah continuedMicaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
- 1 Kings 22:20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · suggested; אֹמֵ֖רAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
- 1 Kings 22:21וַיֹּ֖אמֶר; וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · and saidThen a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.