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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 34:16לֵאמֹ֑ר
    Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:18לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:20לֵאמֹֽר׃
    …and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
  4. 2 Chronicles 34:23וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · And [Huldah] said; אָמַ֥ר · says; אִמְר֣וּ · Tell
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  5. 2 Chronicles 34:24אָמַ֣ר · 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 curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
  6. 2 Chronicles 34:26תֹאמְר֖וּ · 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,
  7. 2 Chronicles 35:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · [Josiah] said
    To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
  8. 2 Chronicles 35:21לֵאמֹר֩׀ · saying; אָמַ֣ר · has told me
    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
  9. 2 Chronicles 35:23וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
  10. 2 Chronicles 35:25וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · recite
    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
  11. 2 Chronicles 36:22לֵאמֹֽר׃ס · as follows
    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  12. 2 Chronicles 36:23אָמַ֞ר · says
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
  13. Ezra 1:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · as follows
    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  14. Ezra 1:2אָמַ֗ר · says
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
  15. Ezra 2:63וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · ordered
    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
  16. Ezra 4:2וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · saying
    …they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  17. Ezra 4:3וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · replied
    But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
  18. Ezra 8:22אָמַ֨רְנוּ · we had told him; לֵאמֹ֗ר
    For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
  19. Ezra 8:28וָאֹמְרָ֣ה · Then I told
    Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
  20. Ezra 9:1לֵאמֹ֔ר · and said
    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
  21. Ezra 9:6וָאֹמְרָ֗ה · and said
    …and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
  22. Ezra 9:10נֹּאמַ֥ר · can we say
    And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
  23. Ezra 9:11לֵאמֹר֒ · saying
    …that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
  24. Ezra 10:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
  25. Ezra 10:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
  26. Ezra 10:12וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
    And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!
  27. Nehemiah 1:3וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ · And they told
    And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
  28. Nehemiah 1:5וָאֹמַ֗ר · Then I said
    Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
  29. Nehemiah 1:8לֵאמֹ֑ר · when You said
    Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
  30. Nehemiah 2:2וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    …so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
  31. Nehemiah 2:3וָאֹמַ֣ר · and replied
    …and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
  32. Nehemiah 2:4וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
  33. Nehemiah 2:5וָאֹמַ֣ר · and answered
    …and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
  34. Nehemiah 2:6וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · asked
    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
  35. Nehemiah 2:7וָאוֹמַר֮ · I also said
    I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
  36. Nehemiah 2:17וָאוֹמַ֣ר · Then I said
    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
  37. Nehemiah 2:18אָֽמַר־ · had said; וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · they replied
    I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
  38. Nehemiah 2:19וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · saying
    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
  39. Nehemiah 2:20וָאוֹמַ֤ר · and said
    So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
  40. Nehemiah 4:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ · saying; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
    …before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
  41. Nehemiah 4:3וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · said
    Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
  42. Nehemiah 4:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
  43. Nehemiah 4:11וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · said
    And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”