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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. Job 28:14אָ֭מַר · say; אָ֝מַ֗ר · declares
    The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
  2. Job 28:22אָ֣מְר֑וּ · say
    Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
  3. Job 28:28וַיֹּ֤אמֶר׀ · And He said
    And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  4. Job 29:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
    And Job continued his discourse:
  5. Job 29:18וָ֭אֹמַר · So I thought
    So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
  6. Job 31:24אָמַ֥רְתִּי · or called
    If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
  7. Job 31:31אָ֭מְרוּ · said
    …if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
  8. Job 32:6וַיֹּ֫אמַ֥ר
    So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
  9. Job 32:7אָ֭מַרְתִּי · I thought
    I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
  10. Job 32:10אָ֭מַרְתִּי · I say
    Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’
  11. Job 32:13תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּ · claim
    So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
  12. Job 33:8אָמַ֣רְתָּ · you have spoken
    Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
  13. Job 33:24וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · to him and say
    …to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
  14. Job 33:27וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · with these words
    Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  15. Job 34:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
    Then Elihu continued:
  16. Job 34:5אָ֭מַר · has declared
    For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
  17. Job 34:9אָ֭מַר · he has said
    For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
  18. Job 34:18הַאֲמֹ֣ר · who says
    …who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
  19. Job 34:31הֶאָמַ֥ר · someone says
    Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
  20. Job 34:34יֹ֣אמְרוּ · will declare
    Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
  21. Job 35:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ · to say
    And Elihu went on to say:
  22. Job 35:2אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ · You say
    “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
  23. Job 35:3תֹ֭אמַר · you ask
    For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
  24. Job 35:10אָמַ֗ר · one asks
    But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
  25. Job 35:14תֹ֭אמַר · you say
    How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
  26. Job 36:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
    And Elihu continued:
  27. Job 36:10וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר · and commands
    He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
  28. Job 36:23אָ֝מַ֗ר · told Him
    Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
  29. Job 37:6יֹאמַ֗ר · He says
    For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
  30. Job 37:19נֹּ֣אמַר · we should say
    Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
  31. Job 37:20אָ֥מַר · ask
    Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
  32. Job 38:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ · and said
    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
  33. Job 38:11וָאֹמַ֗ר · and I declared
    …and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
  34. Job 38:35וְיֹאמְר֖וּ · Do they report
    Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
  35. Job 39:25יֹ֘אמַ֤ר · he snorts
    At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
  36. Job 40:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Job:
  37. Job 40:3וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
    Then Job answered the LORD:
  38. Job 40:6וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ · and said
    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
  39. Job 42:1וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
    Then Job replied to the LORD:
  40. Job 42:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
  41. Psalm 2:7אָמַ֘ר · spoken
    I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
  42. Psalm 3:2אֹמְרִ֪ים · say
    Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
  43. Psalm 4:4אִמְר֣וּ · search
    Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
  44. Psalm 4:6אֹמְרִים֮ · ask
    Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
  45. Psalm 10:6אָמַ֣ר · He says
    He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
  46. Psalm 10:11אָמַ֣ר · He says
    He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
  47. Psalm 10:13אָמַ֥ר · He says
    Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
  48. Psalm 11:1תֹּאמְר֣וּ · can you say
    For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
  49. Psalm 12:4אָֽמְר֨וּ׀ · say
    They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”