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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. 2 Kings 22:16אָמַ֣ר · says
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
  2. 2 Kings 22:18תֹאמְר֖וּ · tell him; אָמַ֤ר · says
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  3. 2 Kings 23:17וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Then [the king] asked; וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · replied
    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
  4. 2 Kings 23:18וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said [Josiah]
    “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
  5. 2 Kings 23:21לֵאמֹ֔ר
    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
  6. 2 Kings 23:27וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · had said; אָמַ֔רְתִּי · I said
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  7. 2 Kings 25:24וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · assuring
    And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
  8. 1 Chronicles 4:9לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
  9. 1 Chronicles 4:10לֵאמֹ֗ר
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  10. 1 Chronicles 10:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  11. 1 Chronicles 11:1לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
  12. 1 Chronicles 11:2וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  13. 1 Chronicles 11:5וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ · said
    The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  14. 1 Chronicles 11:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · had said
    Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
  15. 1 Chronicles 11:17וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · and said
    David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
  16. 1 Chronicles 11:19וַיֹּ֡אמֶר · saying
    …saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  17. 1 Chronicles 12:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saying
    And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
  18. 1 Chronicles 12:19לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
  19. 1 Chronicles 13:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
  20. 1 Chronicles 13:4וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · And
    And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
  21. 1 Chronicles 13:12לֵאמֹ֑ר · and asked
    That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
  22. 1 Chronicles 14:10לֵאמֹ֔ר; וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied
    So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”
  23. 1 Chronicles 14:11וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.
  24. 1 Chronicles 14:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · ordered
    There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
  25. 1 Chronicles 14:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answered
    So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  26. 1 Chronicles 15:2אָמַ֣ר · said
    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
  27. 1 Chronicles 15:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And he said
    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
  28. 1 Chronicles 15:16וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · told
    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
  29. 1 Chronicles 16:18לֵאמֹ֗ר
    ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’
  30. 1 Chronicles 16:31וְיֹאמְר֥וּ · Let them say
    Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
  31. 1 Chronicles 16:35וְאִמְר֕וּ · Then cry out
    Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
  32. 1 Chronicles 16:36וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · said
    Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
  33. 1 Chronicles 17:1וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
  34. 1 Chronicles 17:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied to
    And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
  35. 1 Chronicles 17:3לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
  36. 1 Chronicles 17:4וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ · and tell; אָמַ֣ר · says
    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
  37. 1 Chronicles 17:6לֵאמֹ֑ר
    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
  38. 1 Chronicles 17:7תֹאמַ֞ר · you are to tell; אָמַר֙ · says
    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  39. 1 Chronicles 17:16וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
  40. 1 Chronicles 17:24לֵאמֹ֔ר · when it is said
    …so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
  41. 1 Chronicles 19:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
  42. 1 Chronicles 19:3וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ · said
    …the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
  43. 1 Chronicles 19:5וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · told them
    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  44. 1 Chronicles 19:12וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · said Joab
    “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.