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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 Chronicles 7:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    …the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:18לֵאמֹ֔ר · when I said
    …then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:21וְאָמַ֗ר · and say
    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  4. 2 Chronicles 7:22וְאָמְר֗וּ · And [others] will answer
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  5. 2 Chronicles 8:11אָמַ֗ר · he said
    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 9:5וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · She said
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  7. 2 Chronicles 10:3לֵאמֹֽר׃
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
  8. 2 Chronicles 10:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Rehoboam answered
    Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
  9. 2 Chronicles 10:6לֵאמֹ֑ר · he asked
    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
  10. 2 Chronicles 10:7לֵאמֹ֗ר
    They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
  11. 2 Chronicles 10:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He asked; לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
  12. 2 Chronicles 10:10לֵאמֹר֒ · you should answer; תֹאמַ֡ר; לֵאמֹ֗ר; תֹּאמַ֣ר · you should tell
    The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
  13. 2 Chronicles 10:12לֵאמֹ֔ר · had said
    After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
  14. 2 Chronicles 10:14לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    …and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
  15. 2 Chronicles 10:16לֵאמֹ֡ר
    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
  16. 2 Chronicles 11:2לֵאמֹֽר׃
    But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
  17. 2 Chronicles 11:3אֱמֹ֕ר · Tell; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
  18. 2 Chronicles 11:4אָמַ֣ר · says
    …that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
  19. 2 Chronicles 12:5וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and he said to; אָמַ֣ר · says
    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
  20. 2 Chronicles 12:6וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · and said
    So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
  21. 2 Chronicles 12:7לֵאמֹ֛ר · saying
    When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
  22. 2 Chronicles 13:4וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
  23. 2 Chronicles 13:8אֹֽמְרִ֗ים · think
    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
  24. 2 Chronicles 14:4וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · He commanded
    He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
  25. 2 Chronicles 14:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · So he said
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  26. 2 Chronicles 14:11וַיֹּאמַר֒
    Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  27. 2 Chronicles 15:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
  28. 2 Chronicles 16:2לֵאמֹֽר׃ · with this message
    So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
  29. 2 Chronicles 16:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and told
    At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
  30. 2 Chronicles 18:3וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · And Jehoshaphat replied
    Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
  31. 2 Chronicles 18:4וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · also said
    But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
  32. 2 Chronicles 18:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and asked them; וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they replied
    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  33. 2 Chronicles 18:6וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · asked
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
  34. 2 Chronicles 18:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · say; יֹאמַ֥ר · replied
    The 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.
  35. 2 Chronicles 18:8וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
  36. 2 Chronicles 18:10וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and declared; אָמַ֣ר · says
    Now 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.’”
  37. 2 Chronicles 18:11לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    And 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.”
  38. 2 Chronicles 18:12לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
  39. 2 Chronicles 18:13וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · said
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”