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. Deuteronomy 1:27 וַתֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

    You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.

  2. Deuteronomy 1:28 לֵאמֹ֗ר

    Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

  3. Deuteronomy 1:29 וָאֹמַ֖ר

    So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!

  4. Deuteronomy 1:34 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

  5. Deuteronomy 1:37 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.

  6. Deuteronomy 1:39 אֲמַרְתֶּ֜ם

    And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.

  7. Deuteronomy 1:41 וַתֹּאמְר֣וּ

    “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

  8. Deuteronomy 1:42 וַיֹּ֨אמֶראֱמֹ֤ר

    But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”

  9. Deuteronomy 2:2 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרלֵאמֹֽר׃

    At this time the LORD said to me,

  10. Deuteronomy 2:4 לֵאמֹר֒

    and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.

  11. Deuteronomy 2:9 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

  12. Deuteronomy 2:17 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    the LORD said to me,

  13. Deuteronomy 2:26 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

  14. Deuteronomy 2:31 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”

  15. Deuteronomy 3:2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

  16. Deuteronomy 3:18 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.

  17. Deuteronomy 3:21 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.

  18. Deuteronomy 3:23 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

  19. Deuteronomy 3:26 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

  20. Deuteronomy 4:6 וְאָמְר֗וּ

    Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

  21. Deuteronomy 4:10 בֶּאֱמֹ֨ר

    The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

  22. Deuteronomy 5:1 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

  23. Deuteronomy 5:5 לֵאמֹֽר׃ס

    At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:

  24. Deuteronomy 5:24 וַתֹּאמְר֗וּ

    and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

  25. Deuteronomy 5:27 יֹאמַ֖ר

    Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

  26. Deuteronomy 5:28 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

  27. Deuteronomy 5:30 אֱמֹ֣ר

    Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

  28. Deuteronomy 6:20 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

  29. Deuteronomy 6:21 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣

    then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

  30. Deuteronomy 7:17 תֹאמַר֙

    You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”

  31. Deuteronomy 8:17 וְאָמַרְתָּ֖

    You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

  32. Deuteronomy 9:4 תֹּאמַ֣רלֵאמֹר֒

    When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

  33. Deuteronomy 9:12 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”

  34. Deuteronomy 9:13 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרלֵאמֹ֑ר

    The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

  35. Deuteronomy 9:23 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.

  36. Deuteronomy 9:25 אָמַ֥ר

    So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

  37. Deuteronomy 9:26 וָאֹמַר֒

    And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

  38. Deuteronomy 9:28 יֹאמְר֗וּ

    Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

  39. Deuteronomy 10:1 אָמַ֧ר

    At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

  40. Deuteronomy 10:11 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”

  41. Deuteronomy 12:20 וְאָמַרְתָּ֙

    When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

  42. Deuteronomy 12:30 לֵאמֹ֨ר

    be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

  43. Deuteronomy 13:2 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”

  44. Deuteronomy 13:6 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

  45. Deuteronomy 13:12 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said

  46. Deuteronomy 13:13 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),

  47. Deuteronomy 15:9 לֵאמֹ֗ר

    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  48. Deuteronomy 15:11 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

  49. Deuteronomy 15:16 יֹאמַ֣ר

    But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

  50. Deuteronomy 17:11 יֹאמְר֥וּ

    according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.

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