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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. Jeremiah 42:13אֹמְרִ֣ים · say
    But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
  2. Jeremiah 42:14לֵאמֹ֗ר · and if you say
    …and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
  3. Jeremiah 42:15אָמַר֩ · says
    …then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
  4. Jeremiah 42:18אָמַ֜ר · says
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
  5. Jeremiah 42:20לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying; יֹאמַ֜ר · says
    For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
  6. Jeremiah 43:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; אֹמְרִ֣ים; לֵאמֹ֔ר · to say
    Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
  7. Jeremiah 43:8לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
  8. Jeremiah 43:10וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · Then tell them; אָמַר֩ · says
    Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
  9. Jeremiah 44:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ס
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
  10. Jeremiah 44:2אָמַ֞ר · says
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
  11. Jeremiah 44:4לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
  12. Jeremiah 44:7אָמַ֣ר · says
    So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
  13. Jeremiah 44:11אָמַ֞ר · says
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
  14. Jeremiah 44:15לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
  15. Jeremiah 44:20וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
  16. Jeremiah 44:24וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
  17. Jeremiah 44:25אָמַ֣ר; לֵאמֹ֗ר · says; לֵאמֹר֒ · your words
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
  18. Jeremiah 44:26אָמַ֣ר · says; אֹמֵ֛ר · [or] say
    Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
  19. Jeremiah 44:30אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
  20. Jeremiah 45:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ס
    This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  21. Jeremiah 45:2אָמַ֥ר · says
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
  22. Jeremiah 45:3אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ · You have said
    You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
  23. Jeremiah 45:4תֹּאמַ֣ר · [Jeremiah] was to say; אָמַ֣ר · says
    Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
  24. Jeremiah 46:8וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · boasting
    Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
  25. Jeremiah 46:14אִמְר֗וּ
    “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
  26. Jeremiah 46:16וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · They say
    They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
  27. Jeremiah 46:25אָמַר֩ · says
    The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
  28. Jeremiah 47:2אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  29. Jeremiah 48:1אָמַר֩ · says
    Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
  30. Jeremiah 48:8אָמַ֥ר · has said
    The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
  31. Jeremiah 48:14תֹּֽאמְר֔וּ · can you say
    How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
  32. Jeremiah 48:17אִמְר֗וּ · tell
    Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!
  33. Jeremiah 48:19אִמְרִ֖י
    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
  34. Jeremiah 48:40אָמַ֣ר · says
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
  35. Jeremiah 49:1אָמַ֣ר · says
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  36. Jeremiah 49:2אָמַ֥ר · says
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
  37. Jeremiah 49:7אָמַר֙ · says
    Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
  38. Jeremiah 49:12אָמַ֣ר · says
    For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
  39. Jeremiah 49:18אָמַ֣ר · says
    As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
  40. Jeremiah 49:28אָמַ֣ר · says
    Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
  41. Jeremiah 49:34לֵאמֹֽר׃
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.