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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 28:11לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  2. Ezekiel 28:12וְאָמַ֣רְתָּ · and tell; אָמַר֙ · says
    “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  3. Ezekiel 28:20לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  4. Ezekiel 28:22וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ · And you are to declare; אָמַר֙ · says
    And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
  5. Ezekiel 28:25אָמַר֮ · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
  6. Ezekiel 29:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  7. Ezekiel 29:3וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ · to him and tell him; אָמַ֣ר׀ · says; אָמַ֛ר · says
    Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
  8. Ezekiel 29:8אָמַר֙ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
  9. Ezekiel 29:9אָמַ֛ר · you said
    The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
  10. Ezekiel 29:13אָמַ֖ר · says
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.
  11. Ezekiel 29:17לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  12. Ezekiel 29:19אָמַר֙ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
  13. Ezekiel 30:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  14. Ezekiel 30:2וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ · and declare; אָמַ֖ר · says
    “Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
  15. Ezekiel 30:6אָמַ֣ר · says
    For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
  16. Ezekiel 30:10אָמַ֖ר · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  17. Ezekiel 30:13אָמַ֞ר · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
  18. Ezekiel 30:20לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  19. Ezekiel 30:22אָמַ֣ר׀ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
  20. Ezekiel 31:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  21. Ezekiel 31:2אֱמֹ֛ר · say
    “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
  22. Ezekiel 31:10אָמַר֙ · says
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
  23. Ezekiel 31:15אָמַ֞ר · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
  24. Ezekiel 32:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  25. Ezekiel 32:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and say
    “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
  26. Ezekiel 32:3אָמַר֙ · says
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
  27. Ezekiel 32:11אָמַ֖ר · says
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
  28. Ezekiel 32:17לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  29. Ezekiel 33:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  30. Ezekiel 33:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell
    “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
  31. Ezekiel 33:8בְּאָמְרִ֣י · If I say
    If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  32. Ezekiel 33:10אֱמֹר֙ · tell; אֲמַרְתֶּם֙ · [they] have said; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
  33. Ezekiel 33:11אֱמֹ֨ר · Say
    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  34. Ezekiel 33:12אֱמֹ֤ר · say
    Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
  35. Ezekiel 33:13בְּאָמְרִ֤י · If I tell
    If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
  36. Ezekiel 33:14וּבְאָמְרִ֥י · But if I tell
    But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
  37. Ezekiel 33:17וְאָמְרוּ֙ · say
    Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
  38. Ezekiel 33:20וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם · Yet you say
    Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
  39. Ezekiel 33:21לֵאמֹ֖ר · and reported
    In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
  40. Ezekiel 33:23לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  41. Ezekiel 33:24אֹמְרִ֣ים · are saying; לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
  42. Ezekiel 33:25אֱמֹ֨ר · tell
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?