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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. Isaiah 6:5וָאֹמַ֞ר · Then I said
    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  2. Isaiah 6:7וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
  3. Isaiah 6:8אֹמֵ֔ר · saying; וָאֹמַ֖ר · And I said
    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
  4. Isaiah 6:9וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · And He replied; וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · and tell
    And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
  5. Isaiah 6:11וָאֹמַ֕ר · Then I asked; וַיֹּ֡אמֶר · And He replied
    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  6. Isaiah 7:2לֵאמֹ֔ר
    When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
  7. Isaiah 7:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
  8. Isaiah 7:4וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and say
    …and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
  9. Isaiah 7:5לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
  10. Isaiah 7:7אָמַ֖ר · says
    But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
  11. Isaiah 7:10לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,
  12. Isaiah 7:12וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · replied
    But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
  13. Isaiah 7:13וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Then Isaiah said
    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
  14. Isaiah 8:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
  15. Isaiah 8:3וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
  16. Isaiah 8:5לֵאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD spoke to me further:
  17. Isaiah 8:11אָמַ֧ר · has spoken; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
  18. Isaiah 8:12תֹאמְר֣וּן · call; יֹאמַ֛ר · regard
    “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
  19. Isaiah 8:19יֹאמְר֣וּ · men tell
    When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
  20. Isaiah 8:20יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ · speak
    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  21. Isaiah 9:9לֵאמֹֽר׃ · they will say
    All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
  22. Isaiah 10:8יֹאמַ֑ר · he says
    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
  23. Isaiah 10:13אָמַ֗ר · he says
    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
  24. Isaiah 10:24אָמַ֞ר · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
  25. Isaiah 12:1וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ · you will say
    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
  26. Isaiah 12:4וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֞ם · you will say
    …and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
  27. Isaiah 14:4וְאָמָ֑רְתָּ
    …you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
  28. Isaiah 14:10וְיֹאמְר֖וּ · saying
    They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
  29. Isaiah 14:13אָמַ֤רְתָּ · said
    You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
  30. Isaiah 14:24לֵאמֹ֑ר
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
  31. Isaiah 16:14לֵאמֹר֒
    And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
  32. Isaiah 18:4אָמַ֤ר · has told
    For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
  33. Isaiah 19:11תֹּאמְר֣וּ · can you say
    The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
  34. Isaiah 19:18יֵאָמֵ֖ר · will be called
    In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
  35. Isaiah 19:25לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
  36. Isaiah 20:2לֵאמֹר֒ · saying
    …the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
  37. Isaiah 20:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
  38. Isaiah 20:6וְ֠אָמַר · will say
    And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
  39. Isaiah 21:6אָמַ֛ר · says
    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
  40. Isaiah 21:9וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · saying
    Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
  41. Isaiah 21:12אָמַ֣ר · replies
    The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
  42. Isaiah 21:16אָמַ֥ר · says
    For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
  43. Isaiah 22:4אָמַ֛רְתִּי · I said
    Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
  44. Isaiah 22:14אָמַ֛ר · says
    The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  45. Isaiah 22:15אָמַ֛ר · says
    This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace: