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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

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Occurrences

5,308 total
  1. Isaiah 44:5יֹאמַר֙ · will say
    One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
  2. Isaiah 44:6אָמַ֨ר · says
    Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  3. Isaiah 44:16וְיֹאמַ֣ר · and says
    He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
  4. Isaiah 44:17וְיֹאמַר֙ · and says
    From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
  5. Isaiah 44:19לֵאמֹר֒ · to say
    And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
  6. Isaiah 44:20יֹאמַ֔ר · say
    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
  7. Isaiah 44:24אָמַ֤ר · says
    Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
  8. Isaiah 44:26הָאֹמֵ֨ר · who says
    …who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
  9. Isaiah 44:27הָאֹמֵ֥ר · who says
    …who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
  10. Isaiah 44:28הָאֹמֵ֤ר · who says; וְלֵאמֹ֤ר · who says
    …who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
  11. Isaiah 45:1אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
  12. Isaiah 45:9הֲיֹאמַ֨ר · ask
    Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
  13. Isaiah 45:10אֹמֵ֥ר · to him who says
    Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
  14. Isaiah 45:11אָמַ֧ר · says
    Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
  15. Isaiah 45:13אָמַ֖ר · says
    I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
  16. Isaiah 45:14אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
  17. Isaiah 45:18אָֽמַר־ · says
    For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  18. Isaiah 45:19אָמַ֛רְתִּי · say
    I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
  19. Isaiah 45:24אָמַ֖ר · they will say of Me
    Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  20. Isaiah 46:10אֹמֵר֙ · I say
    I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
  21. Isaiah 47:7וַתֹּ֣אמְרִ֔י · You said
    You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
  22. Isaiah 47:8הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ · who says
    So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
  23. Isaiah 47:10אָמַרְתְּ֙ · you said; וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י · you told
    You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
  24. Isaiah 48:5תֹּאמַר֙ · claim
    Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
  25. Isaiah 48:7תֹּאמַ֖ר · claim
    They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
  26. Isaiah 48:17אָמַ֧ר · says
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  27. Isaiah 48:20אִמְר֕וּ · saying
    Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
  28. Isaiah 48:22אָמַ֥ר · says
    “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
  29. Isaiah 49:3וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · He said
    He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”
  30. Isaiah 49:4אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ · said
    But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  31. Isaiah 49:5אָמַ֣ר · says
    And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
  32. Isaiah 49:6וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · He says
    He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  33. Isaiah 49:7אָֽמַר־ · says
    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  34. Isaiah 49:8אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
  35. Isaiah 49:9לֵאמֹ֤ר · to say
    …to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
  36. Isaiah 49:14וַתֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
  37. Isaiah 49:20יֹאמְר֣וּ · will say
    Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
  38. Isaiah 49:21וְאָמַ֣רְתְּ · Then you will say
    Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
  39. Isaiah 49:22אָמַ֞ר · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
  40. Isaiah 49:25אָמַ֣ר · says
    Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
  41. Isaiah 50:1אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  42. Isaiah 51:16וְלֵאמֹ֥ר · and to say
    I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
  43. Isaiah 51:22אָמַ֞ר · says
    Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
  44. Isaiah 51:23אָמְר֥וּ · told
    I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
  45. Isaiah 52:3אָמַ֣ר · says
    For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
  46. Isaiah 52:4אָמַר֙ · says
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
  47. Isaiah 52:7אֹמֵ֥ר · who say
    How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
  48. Isaiah 54:1אָמַ֥ר · says
    “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.