אָמַר

a.mar

Hebrew H0559 Verb 5,308 occurrences in 4,337 verses
אָמַר to say

1. to say, speak, utter

a. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

b. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

c. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

d. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 4,337 verses

  1. Exodus 5:8 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

  2. Exodus 5:10 וַיֹּאמְר֥וּלֵאמֹ֑ראָמַ֣ר

    So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.

  3. Exodus 5:13 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

  4. Exodus 5:14 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

  5. Exodus 5:15 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

  6. Exodus 5:16 אֹמְרִ֥ים

    No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

  7. Exodus 5:17 וַיֹּ֛אמֶראֹֽמְרִ֔ים

    “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

  8. Exodus 5:19 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

  9. Exodus 5:21 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ

    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

  10. Exodus 5:22 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?

  11. Exodus 6:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

  12. Exodus 6:2 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.

  13. Exodus 6:6 אֱמֹ֥ר

    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

  14. Exodus 6:10 לֵּאמֹֽר׃

    So the LORD said to Moses,

  15. Exodus 6:12 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

  16. Exodus 6:26 אָמַ֤ר

    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”

  17. Exodus 6:29 לֵּאמֹ֖ר

    He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”

  18. Exodus 6:30 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

  19. Exodus 7:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

  20. Exodus 7:8 וַיֹּ֣אמֶרלֵאמֹֽר׃

    The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

  21. Exodus 7:9 לֵאמֹ֔רוְאָמַרְתָּ֣

    “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

  22. Exodus 7:14 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

  23. Exodus 7:16 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣לֵאמֹ֔ר

    Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.

  24. Exodus 7:17 אָמַ֣ר

    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

  25. Exodus 7:19 וַיֹּ֨אמֶראֱמֹ֣ר

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

  26. Exodus 8:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶרוְאָמַרְתָּ֣אָמַ֣ר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

  27. Exodus 8:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶראֱמֹ֣ר

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

  28. Exodus 8:8 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

  29. Exodus 8:9 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

  30. Exodus 8:10 וַיֹּ֖אמֶרוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

  31. Exodus 8:16 וַיֹּ֣אמֶראֱמֹר֙

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

  32. Exodus 8:19 וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ

    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

  33. Exodus 8:20 וַיֹּ֨אמֶרוְאָמַרְתָּ֣אָמַ֣ר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

  34. Exodus 8:25 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

  35. Exodus 8:26 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

  36. Exodus 8:27 יֹאמַ֥ר

    We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

  37. Exodus 8:28 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

  38. Exodus 8:29 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

  39. Exodus 9:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶראָמַ֤ר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

  40. Exodus 9:5 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

  41. Exodus 9:8 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

  42. Exodus 9:13 וַיֹּ֤אמֶרוְאָמַרְתָּ֣אָמַ֤ר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

  43. Exodus 9:22 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

  44. Exodus 9:27 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

  45. Exodus 9:29 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

  46. Exodus 10:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

  47. Exodus 10:3 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּאָמַ֤ר

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

  48. Exodus 10:7 וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩

    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”

  49. Exodus 10:8 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

  50. Exodus 10:9 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

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