Keraia
Lexicon

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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

5,308 total
  1. Nehemiah 4:12וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ · and told
    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
  2. Nehemiah 4:14וָאֹמַ֞ר · and said
    After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
  3. Nehemiah 4:19וָאֹמַ֞ר · Then I said
    Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
  4. Nehemiah 4:22אָמַ֣רְתִּי · said
    At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
  5. Nehemiah 5:2אֹמְרִ֔ים · were saying
    Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
  6. Nehemiah 5:3אֹמְרִ֔ים · were saying
    Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
  7. Nehemiah 5:4אֹמְרִ֔ים · were saying
    Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
  8. Nehemiah 5:7וָאֹמְרָ֣ה · saying
    …and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
  9. Nehemiah 5:8וָאֹמְרָ֣ה · and said
    …and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
  10. Nehemiah 5:9וַיֹּאמֶר · So I continued
    So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
  11. Nehemiah 5:12וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they replied; אוֹמֵ֑ר · say
    “We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
  12. Nehemiah 5:13וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה · and said; וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · said
    I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
  13. Nehemiah 6:2לֵאמֹ֔ר · this message
    Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
  14. Nehemiah 6:3לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
  15. Nehemiah 6:6אֹמֵ֔ר · agrees
    …that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
  16. Nehemiah 6:7לֵאמֹ֗ר
    …and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
  17. Nehemiah 6:8לֵאמֹ֔ר · this reply; אוֹמֵ֑ר · are spreading
    Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
  18. Nehemiah 6:9לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
  19. Nehemiah 6:10וַיֹּ֡אמֶר · to his house. He said
    Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
  20. Nehemiah 6:11וָאֹמְרָ֗ה · But I replied
    But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
  21. Nehemiah 6:19אֹמְרִים֙ · reporting
    Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
  22. Nehemiah 7:3וַיֹּאמֶר · And I told
    And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
  23. Nehemiah 7:65וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · ordered
    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
  24. Nehemiah 8:1וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · and they asked
    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  25. Nehemiah 8:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
  26. Nehemiah 8:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then [Nehemiah] told
    Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
  27. Nehemiah 8:11לֵאמֹ֣ר · saying
    And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
  28. Nehemiah 8:15לֵאמֹר֒ · saying
    …and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
  29. Nehemiah 9:5וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · said
    Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
  30. Nehemiah 9:15וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · You told
    In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
  31. Nehemiah 9:18וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
  32. Nehemiah 9:23אָמַ֥רְתָּ · You had told
    You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
  33. Nehemiah 13:9וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה · Then I ordered
    Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
  34. Nehemiah 13:11וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה · and asked
    So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
  35. Nehemiah 13:17וָאֹמְרָ֣ה · and asked
    Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
  36. Nehemiah 13:19וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ · I ordered; וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה
    When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
  37. Nehemiah 13:21וָאֹמְרָ֤ה
    …but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
  38. Nehemiah 13:22וָאֹמְרָ֣ה · Then I instructed
    Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
  39. Esther 1:10אָמַ֡ר · he ordered
    On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
  40. Esther 1:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · consulted
    Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
  41. Esther 1:16וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
  42. Esther 1:17בְּאָמְרָ֗ם · and say; אָמַ֞ר · ordered
    For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
  43. Esther 1:18תֹּאמַ֣רְנָה׀ · will say
    This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
  44. Esther 2:2וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ · proposed
    Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
  45. Esther 2:13תֹּאמַ֜ר · she requested
    When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.