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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. Jeremiah 49:35אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
  2. Jeremiah 50:2אִמְרוּ֩ · when you say
    “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
  3. Jeremiah 50:7אָמְר֖וּ · said
    All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
  4. Jeremiah 50:18אָמַ֞ר · says
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
  5. Jeremiah 50:33אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
  6. Jeremiah 51:1אָמַ֣ר · says
    This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
  7. Jeremiah 51:33אָמַ֜ר · says
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
  8. Jeremiah 51:35תֹּאמַ֖ר · says; תֹּאמַ֖ר · says
    May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
  9. Jeremiah 51:36אָמַ֣ר · says
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
  10. Jeremiah 51:58אָמַ֞ר · says
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
  11. Jeremiah 51:61וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,
  12. Jeremiah 51:62וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ · and say
    …and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’
  13. Jeremiah 51:64וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ · Then you are to say
    Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
  14. Lamentations 2:12יֹֽאמְר֔וּ · They cry out
    They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
  15. Lamentations 2:15שֶׁיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · that was called
    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
  16. Lamentations 2:16אָמְר֖וּ · saying
    All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  17. Lamentations 3:18וָאֹמַר֙ · So I say
    So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
  18. Lamentations 3:24אָמְרָ֣ה · says
    “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
  19. Lamentations 3:37אָמַר֙ · has spoken
    Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
  20. Lamentations 3:54אָמַ֥רְתִּי · and I thought
    The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
  21. Lamentations 3:57אָמַ֖רְתָּ · You said
    You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
  22. Lamentations 4:15אָֽמְרוּ֙ · it was said
    “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
  23. Lamentations 4:20אָמַ֔רְנוּ · We had said
    The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
  24. Ezekiel 2:1וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
  25. Ezekiel 2:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
  26. Ezekiel 2:4וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and you are to say; אָמַ֖ר · says
    They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
  27. Ezekiel 3:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
  28. Ezekiel 3:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
  29. Ezekiel 3:4וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · Then He said
    Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
  30. Ezekiel 3:10וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · He added
    “Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
  31. Ezekiel 3:11וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell; אָמַ֖ר · says
    Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
  32. Ezekiel 3:16לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  33. Ezekiel 3:18בְּאָמְרִ֤י · If I say
    If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  34. Ezekiel 3:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and He said
    And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
  35. Ezekiel 3:24וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
  36. Ezekiel 3:27וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and you are to tell; אָמַ֖ר · says
    But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
  37. Ezekiel 4:13וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
  38. Ezekiel 4:14וָאֹמַ֗ר · I said
    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
  39. Ezekiel 4:15וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He replied
    “Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
  40. Ezekiel 4:16וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · Then He told
    Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
  41. Ezekiel 5:5אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
  42. Ezekiel 5:7אָמַ֣ר׀ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
  43. Ezekiel 5:8אָמַר֙ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
  44. Ezekiel 6:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  45. Ezekiel 6:3וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ · You are to say; אָמַ֣ר · says
    You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.