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אָמַר

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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 22:22וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · And he replied; וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · said [the LORD]
    And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
  2. 1 Kings 22:24וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and demanded
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  3. 1 Kings 22:25וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
  4. 1 Kings 22:26וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · declared
    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
  5. 1 Kings 22:27וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ · and tell them; אָמַ֣ר · says
    …and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
  6. 1 Kings 22:28וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Then he added
    But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
  7. 1 Kings 22:30וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
  8. 1 Kings 22:31לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  9. 1 Kings 22:32אָֽמְרוּ֙ · said
    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
  10. 1 Kings 22:34וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · So [the king] said
    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
  11. 1 Kings 22:36לֵאמֹ֑ר
    As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
  12. 1 Kings 22:49אָמַ֞ר · said
    At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
  13. 2 Kings 1:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and instructed them
    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
  14. 2 Kings 1:4אָמַ֣ר · says
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
  15. 2 Kings 1:5וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he asked them
    When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
  16. 2 Kings 1:6וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · They replied; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said; אָמַ֣ר · says
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  17. 2 Kings 1:8וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they answered; וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · said [the king]
    “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
  18. 2 Kings 1:11אָמַ֥ר · declares
    So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
  19. 2 Kings 1:16אָמַ֣ר · says
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  20. 2 Kings 2:2וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  21. 2 Kings 2:3וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and said; וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · he replied
    Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  22. 2 Kings 2:4וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said to; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · But Elisha replied
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
  23. 2 Kings 2:5וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and said; וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · he replied
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  24. 2 Kings 2:6וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · But Elisha replied
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
  25. 2 Kings 2:9אָמַ֤ר · said; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
  26. 2 Kings 2:10וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · said Elijah
    “You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”
  27. 2 Kings 2:14וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · he asked
    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
  28. 2 Kings 2:15וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they said
    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
  29. 2 Kings 2:16וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · [Elisha] replied
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  30. 2 Kings 2:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said
    But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
  31. 2 Kings 2:18וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he said; אָמַ֥רְתִּי · I tell
    When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
  32. 2 Kings 2:19וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ · said
    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
  33. 2 Kings 2:20וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · he replied
    “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
  34. 2 Kings 2:21וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · and said; אָמַ֣ר · says
    …and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
  35. 2 Kings 2:23וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · chanting
    From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”