Usually translated as
say, speak, tell, answer, bid, call, think, command, commandment, intend, name, still, appoint, commune, consider, indeed, suppose, that is, use, avouch, boast self, certify, challenge, charge, declare, demand, desire, determine, expressly, plainly, promise, publish, report, require, talk, term, utter, verily, yet
Occurrences
ʼâmar occurs 5,232 times in 4,319 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (496), Exodus (244), Leviticus (75), Numbers (221), Deuteronomy (134), Joshua (113), Judges (221), Ruth (42), 1 Samuel (336), 2 Samuel (258), 1 Kings (244), 2 Kings (244), 1 Chronicles (64), 2 Chronicles (143), Ezra (14), Nehemiah (55), Esther (43), Job (94), Psalms (96), Proverbs (25), Ecclesiastes (20), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (212), Jeremiah (379), Lamentations (10), Ezekiel (280), Daniel (21), Hosea (20), Joel (4), Amos (45), Obadiah (2), Jonah (19), Micah (10), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (5), Haggai (19), Zechariah (74), Malachi (30)
- Genesis 1:3 — And God said (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר), Let there be light: and there was light.
- Genesis 1:6 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Genesis 1:9 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:11 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:14 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Genesis 1:20 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Genesis 1:22 — And God blessed them, saying (לֵאמֹ֑ר), Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
- Genesis 1:24 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:26 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said (וַיֹּ֨אמֶר) unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 1:29 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
- Genesis 2:16 — And the LORD God commanded the man, saying (לֵאמֹ֑ר), Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- Genesis 2:18 — And the LORD God said (וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙), It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
- Genesis 2:23 — And Adam said (וַיֹּאמֶר֮), This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said (וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙) unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said (אָמַ֣ר), Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:2 — And the woman said (וַתֹּ֥אמֶר) unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
- Genesis 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said (אָמַ֣ר), Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
- Genesis 3:4 — And the serpent said (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר) unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
- Genesis 3:9 — And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר) unto him, Where art thou?
- Genesis 3:10 — And he said (וַיֹּ֕אמֶר), I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
- Genesis 3:11 — And he said (וַיֹּ֕אמֶר), Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
- Genesis 3:12 — And the man said (וַיֹּ֖אמֶר), The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:13 — And the LORD God said (וַיֹּ֨אמֶר) unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:13 — And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said (וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙), The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said (וַיֹּאמֶר֩) unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 3:16 — Unto the woman he said (אָמַ֗ר), I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said (אָמַ֗ר), Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying (לֵאמֹ֔ר), Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 4:1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said (וַתֹּ֕אמֶר), I have gotten a man from the LORD.
- Genesis 4:6 — And the LORD said (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר) unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- Genesis 4:8 — And Cain talked (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר) with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- Genesis 4:9 — And the LORD said (וַיֹּ֤אמֶר) unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
- Genesis 4:9 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said (וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙), I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
- Genesis 4:10 — And he said (וַיֹּ֖אמֶר), What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Genesis 4:13 — And Cain said (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר) unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Genesis 4:15 — And the LORD said (וַיֹּ֧אמֶר) unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
- Genesis 4:23 — And Lamech said (וַיֹּ֨אמֶר) unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
- Genesis 5:29 — And he called his name Noah, saying (לֵאמֹ֑ר), This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
- Genesis 6:3 — And the LORD said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Genesis 6:7 — And the LORD said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
- Genesis 6:13 — And God said (וַיֹּ֨אמֶר) unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 7:1 — And the LORD said (וַיֹּ֤אמֶר) unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- Genesis 8:15 — And God spake unto Noah, saying (לֵאמֹֽר),
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said (וַיֹּ֨אמֶר) in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 9:1 — And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said (וַיֹּ֧אמֶר) unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:8 — And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying (לֵאמֹֽר),
- Genesis 9:12 — And God said (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר), This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:17 — And God said (וַיֹּ֥אמֶר) unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.