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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. Psalm 12:5יֹאמַ֣ר · says
    “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
  2. Psalm 13:4יֹאמַ֣ר · say
    …lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
  3. Psalm 14:1אָ֘מַ֤ר · says
    For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
  4. Psalm 16:2אָמַ֣רְתְּ · I said
    I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
  5. Psalm 18:1וַיֹּאמַ֡ר · He said
    For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
  6. Psalm 27:8אָמַ֣ר · said
    My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
  7. Psalm 29:9אֹמֵ֥ר · cry
    The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
  8. Psalm 30:6אָמַ֣רְתִּי · said
    In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
  9. Psalm 31:14אָ֝מַ֗רְתִּי · I say
    But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
  10. Psalm 31:22אָ֘מַ֤רְתִּי · said
    In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
  11. Psalm 32:5אָמַ֗רְתִּי · I said
    Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
  12. Psalm 33:9אָמַ֣ר · spoke
    For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
  13. Psalm 35:3אֱמֹ֥ר · say
    Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
  14. Psalm 35:10תֹּאמַרְנָה֮ · will exclaim
    All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
  15. Psalm 35:21אָ֭מְרוּ · and say
    They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
  16. Psalm 35:25יֹאמְר֣וּ · say; יֹ֝אמְר֗וּ · say
    Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
  17. Psalm 35:27וְיֹאמְר֣וּ · say
    May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
  18. Psalm 38:16אָ֭מַרְתִּי · I said
    For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
  19. Psalm 39:1אָמַ֗רְתִּי · I said
    For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
  20. Psalm 40:7אָ֭מַרְתִּי · I said
    Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
  21. Psalm 40:10אָמָ֑רְתִּי · I have declared
    I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
  22. Psalm 40:15הָאֹמְרִ֥ים · May those who say
    May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
  23. Psalm 40:16יֹאמְר֣וּ · say
    May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
  24. Psalm 41:4אָ֭מַרְתִּי · said
    I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
  25. Psalm 41:5יֹאמְר֣וּ · say
    My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
  26. Psalm 42:3בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר · while men ask
    My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  27. Psalm 42:9אוֹמְרָ֤ה׀ · I say
    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
  28. Psalm 42:10בְּאָמְרָ֥ם · while they say
    Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  29. Psalm 45:1אֹמֵ֣ר · recite
    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
  30. Psalm 50:12אֹ֣מַר · tell
    If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
  31. Psalm 50:16אָ֘מַ֤ר · says
    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
  32. Psalm 52:1וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
  33. Psalm 53:1אָ֘מַ֤ר · says
    For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
  34. Psalm 54:1וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and said
    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
  35. Psalm 55:6וָאֹמַ֗ר · I said
    I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
  36. Psalm 58:11וְיֹאמַ֣ר · will say
    Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
  37. Psalm 64:5אָ֝מְר֗וּ · they say
    They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
  38. Psalm 66:3אִמְר֣וּ · Say
    Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
  39. Psalm 68:22אָמַ֣ר · said
    The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
  40. Psalm 70:3הָ֝אֹמְרִ֗ים · May those who say
    May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
  41. Psalm 70:4וְיֹאמְר֣וּ · say
    May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
  42. Psalm 71:10אָמְר֣וּ · speak
    For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
  43. Psalm 71:11לֵ֭אמֹר · saying
    …saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
  44. Psalm 73:11וְֽאָמְר֗וּ · The wicked say
    The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
  45. Psalm 73:15אָ֭מַרְתִּי · I had said
    If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
  46. Psalm 74:8אָמְר֣וּ · They said
    They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
  47. Psalm 75:4אָמַ֣רְתִּי · I say
    I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
  48. Psalm 77:10וָ֭אֹמַר · So I said
    So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
  49. Psalm 78:19אָ֭מְרוּ · saying
    They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?