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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 Chronicles 21:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:8וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:9לֵאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  5. 1 Chronicles 21:10לֵאמֹ֗ר · says; אָמַ֣ר
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  6. 1 Chronicles 21:11וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · and said; אָמַ֥ר · says
    So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
  7. 1 Chronicles 21:13וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · answered
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  8. 1 Chronicles 21:15וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and He said
    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  9. 1 Chronicles 21:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; אָמַ֜רְתִּי · who gave the order
    And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
  10. 1 Chronicles 21:18אָמַ֥ר · ordered; לֵאמֹ֣ר · to tell
    Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  11. 1 Chronicles 21:22וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  12. 1 Chronicles 21:23וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
  13. 1 Chronicles 21:24וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied
    “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
  14. 1 Chronicles 21:27וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · spoke
    Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
  15. 1 Chronicles 22:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
  16. 1 Chronicles 22:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · gave orders
    So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
  17. 1 Chronicles 22:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
  18. 1 Chronicles 22:7וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
  19. 1 Chronicles 22:8לֵאמֹ֔ר
    …but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
  20. 1 Chronicles 23:25אָמַ֣ר · had said
    For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
  21. 1 Chronicles 27:23אָמַ֣ר · had said that
    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
  22. 1 Chronicles 28:2וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
  23. 1 Chronicles 28:3אָ֣מַר · said
    …but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
  24. 1 Chronicles 28:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And He said
    And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
  25. 1 Chronicles 28:20וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
  26. 1 Chronicles 29:1וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
  27. 1 Chronicles 29:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
  28. 1 Chronicles 29:20וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
  29. 2 Chronicles 1:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · spoke
    Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
  30. 2 Chronicles 1:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
  31. 2 Chronicles 1:8וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
  32. 2 Chronicles 1:11וַיֹּ֣אמֶר־ · said
    God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
  33. 2 Chronicles 2:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · purposed
    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
  34. 2 Chronicles 2:3לֵאמֹ֑ר
    Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
  35. 2 Chronicles 2:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · Then
    Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
  36. 2 Chronicles 2:12וַיֹּאמֶר֮ · added
    And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
  37. 2 Chronicles 2:15אָמַ֣ר · he promised
    Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.
  38. 2 Chronicles 6:1אָמַ֣ר · declared; אָמַ֔ר · has said
    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
  39. 2 Chronicles 6:4וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said; לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    …and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
  40. 2 Chronicles 6:8וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
  41. 2 Chronicles 6:14וַיֹּאמַ֗ר · and said
    …and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  42. 2 Chronicles 6:16לֵאמֹ֔ר · when You said
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  43. 2 Chronicles 6:20אָמַ֔רְתָּ · You said
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  44. 2 Chronicles 6:37לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’