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. 1 Chronicles 29:20 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

  2. 2 Chronicles 1:2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.

  3. 2 Chronicles 1:7 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

  4. 2 Chronicles 1:8 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.

  5. 2 Chronicles 1:11 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר־

    God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

  6. 2 Chronicles 2:1 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

  7. 2 Chronicles 2:3 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.

  8. 2 Chronicles 2:11 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

  9. 2 Chronicles 2:12 וַיֹּאמֶר֮

    And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

  10. 2 Chronicles 2:15 אָמַ֣ר

    Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.

  11. 2 Chronicles 6:1 אָמַ֣ראָמַ֔ר

    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

  12. 2 Chronicles 6:4 וַיֹּ֗אמֶרלֵאמֹֽר׃

    and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

  13. 2 Chronicles 6:8 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

  14. 2 Chronicles 6:14 וַיֹּאמַ֗ר

    and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

  15. 2 Chronicles 6:16 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

  16. 2 Chronicles 6:20 אָמַ֔רְתָּ

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

  17. 2 Chronicles 6:37 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

  18. 2 Chronicles 7:12 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  19. 2 Chronicles 7:18 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

  20. 2 Chronicles 7:21 וְאָמַ֗ר

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

  21. 2 Chronicles 7:22 וְאָמְר֗וּ

    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

  22. 2 Chronicles 8:11 אָמַ֗ר

    Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

  23. 2 Chronicles 9:5 וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

  24. 2 Chronicles 10:3 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

  25. 2 Chronicles 10:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.

  26. 2 Chronicles 10:6 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

  27. 2 Chronicles 10:7 לֵאמֹ֗ר

    They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

  28. 2 Chronicles 10:9 וַיֹּ֣אמֶרלֵאמֹ֔ר

    He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

  29. 2 Chronicles 10:10 לֵאמֹר֒תֹאמַ֡רלֵאמֹ֗רתֹּאמַ֣ר

    The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

  30. 2 Chronicles 10:12 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

  31. 2 Chronicles 10:14 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

  32. 2 Chronicles 10:16 לֵאמֹ֡ר

    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,

  33. 2 Chronicles 11:2 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

  34. 2 Chronicles 11:3 אֱמֹ֕רלֵאמֹֽר׃

    “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin

  35. 2 Chronicles 11:4 אָמַ֣ר

    that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

  36. 2 Chronicles 12:5 וַיֹּ֨אמֶראָמַ֣ר

    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

  37. 2 Chronicles 12:6 וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ

    So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

  38. 2 Chronicles 12:7 לֵאמֹ֛ר

    When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

  39. 2 Chronicles 13:4 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

    Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

  40. 2 Chronicles 13:8 אֹֽמְרִ֗ים

    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  41. 2 Chronicles 14:4 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.

  42. 2 Chronicles 14:7 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

  43. 2 Chronicles 14:11 וַיֹּאמַר֒

    Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

  44. 2 Chronicles 15:2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

  45. 2 Chronicles 16:2 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

  46. 2 Chronicles 16:7 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

  47. 2 Chronicles 18:3 וַיֹּ֜אמֶרוַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”

  48. 2 Chronicles 18:4 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

  49. 2 Chronicles 18:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶרוַיֹּאמְר֣וּ

    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

  50. 2 Chronicles 18:6 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”

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