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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. Ezekiel 6:11אָמַ֞ר · says; וֶֽאֱמָר־ · and cry out
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
  2. Ezekiel 7:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  3. Ezekiel 7:2אָמַ֞ר · says
    “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
  4. Ezekiel 7:5אָמַ֖ר · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!
  5. Ezekiel 8:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
  6. Ezekiel 8:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
  7. Ezekiel 8:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He told
    “Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
  8. Ezekiel 8:9וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · Then He said
    Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
  9. Ezekiel 8:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said; אֹמְרִ֗ים · they are saying
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
  10. Ezekiel 8:13וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · He told
    Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”
  11. Ezekiel 8:15וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
  12. Ezekiel 8:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
  13. Ezekiel 9:1לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
  14. Ezekiel 9:4וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
  15. Ezekiel 9:5אָמַ֣ר · He said
    And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
  16. Ezekiel 9:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · Then He told
    Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
  17. Ezekiel 9:8וָֽאֹמַר֙
    While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
  18. Ezekiel 9:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He replied; אָמְר֗וּ · they say
    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
  19. Ezekiel 9:11לֵאמֹ֑ר
    Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”
  20. Ezekiel 10:2וַיֹּ֜אמֶר · And [the LORD] said; וַיֹּ֡אמֶר
    And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
  21. Ezekiel 10:6לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
  22. Ezekiel 11:2וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · And [the LORD] said
    And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
  23. Ezekiel 11:3הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים · They are saying
    They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
  24. Ezekiel 11:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and told; אֱמֹר֙ · to declare; אָמַ֣ר · says; אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · you are thinking
    And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
  25. Ezekiel 11:7אָמַר֮ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
  26. Ezekiel 11:13וָאֹמַר֙
    Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
  27. Ezekiel 11:14לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  28. Ezekiel 11:15אָמְר֨וּ · have said
    “Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
  29. Ezekiel 11:16אֱמֹ֗ר · declare; אָמַר֮ · says
    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
  30. Ezekiel 11:17אֱמֹ֗ר · declare; אָמַר֮ · says
    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
  31. Ezekiel 12:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  32. Ezekiel 12:8לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    And in the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  33. Ezekiel 12:9אָמְר֥וּ · asked
    “Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
  34. Ezekiel 12:10אֱמֹ֣ר · Tell; אָמַ֖ר · says
    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
  35. Ezekiel 12:11אֱמֹ֖ר · You are to say
    You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.
  36. Ezekiel 12:17לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  37. Ezekiel 12:19וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · Then tell; אָמַר֩ · says
    Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
  38. Ezekiel 12:21לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  39. Ezekiel 12:22לֵאמֹ֑ר
    “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?