אָמַר

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

to say (used with great latitude)

In the King James Version

answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Translated as

said (2729), saying (647), saith (577), say (556), spake (108), answered (91), speak (47), tell (26), commanded (24), saidst (18), sayest (18), told (13), spoken (12), thought (9), answer (8), speaketh (7), bade (6), bid (6), promised (5), called (4)

Where it appears

Found in 4057 verses

Genesis

1:3, 1:6, 1:9, 1:11, 1:14, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:29, 2:16, 2:18, 2:23, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 3:9, 3:10 + 465 more

Exodus

1:9, 1:15, 1:16, 1:18, 1:19, 1:22, 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 2:10, 2:13, 2:14, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 2:22, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5 + 211 more

Leviticus

1:2, 4:2, 6:9, 6:25, 7:23, 7:29, 8:5, 8:31, 9:2, 9:3, 9:6, 9:7, 10:3, 10:4, 10:6, 11:2, 12:2, 14:35, 15:2, 16:2 + 20 more

Numbers

3:40, 5:12, 5:19, 5:21, 5:22, 6:2, 6:23, 7:4, 7:11, 8:2, 9:7, 9:8, 9:10, 10:29, 10:30, 10:31, 10:35, 10:36, 11:4, 11:11 + 156 more

Deuteronomy

1:6, 1:9, 1:14, 1:16, 1:20, 1:22, 1:25, 1:27, 1:28, 1:29, 1:37, 1:39, 1:41, 1:42, 2:2, 2:4, 2:9, 2:31, 3:2, 3:18 + 103 more

Joshua

1:1, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:16, 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:9, 2:14, 2:16, 2:17, 2:21, 2:24, 3:3, 3:5, 3:6, 3:7, 3:8 + 88 more

Judges

1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:7, 1:12, 1:15, 1:24, 2:1, 2:3, 2:20, 3:19, 3:20, 3:24, 3:28, 4:6, 4:8, 4:9, 4:14, 4:18, 4:19 + 197 more

Ruth

1:8, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:15, 1:16, 1:19, 1:20, 2:2, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 2:10, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 2:15, 2:19 + 24 more

1 Samuel

1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:15, 1:17, 1:18, 1:22, 1:23, 1:26, 2:1, 2:15, 2:16, 2:20, 2:23, 2:27, 2:30, 2:36, 3:4, 3:5, 3:6 + 317 more

2 Samuel

1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:13, 1:14, 1:15, 1:16, 1:18, 2:1, 2:4, 2:5, 2:14, 2:20, 2:21, 2:22, 2:26 + 238 more

1 Kings

1:2, 1:5, 1:6, 1:11, 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 1:23, 1:24, 1:25, 1:28, 1:29, 1:30, 1:31, 1:32, 1:33, 1:34, 1:36, 1:39, 1:41 + 224 more

2 Kings

1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:11, 1:16, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6, 2:9, 2:10, 2:14, 2:15, 2:16, 2:17, 2:18, 2:19 + 224 more

1 Chronicles

4:9, 4:10, 10:4, 11:1, 11:2, 11:5, 11:6, 11:17, 11:19, 12:17, 12:19, 13:2, 13:4, 13:12, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12, 14:14, 15:2, 15:12 + 45 more

2 Chronicles

1:2, 1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 2:1, 2:3, 2:11, 2:12, 2:15, 6:1, 6:4, 6:8, 6:14, 6:16, 6:20, 6:37, 7:12, 7:18, 7:21, 7:22 + 125 more

Ezra

1:2, 2:63, 4:2, 4:3, 8:22, 8:28, 9:1, 9:6, 9:10, 9:11, 10:2, 10:10, 10:12

Nehemiah

1:3, 1:5, 1:8, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6, 2:7, 2:17, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 4:2, 4:3, 4:10, 4:11, 4:12, 4:14, 4:19 + 35 more

Esther

1:10, 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 2:2, 2:13, 2:15, 2:22, 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:11, 4:7, 4:10, 4:13, 4:15, 5:3, 5:4, 5:5 + 24 more

Job

1:5, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:12, 1:14, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 1:21, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:6, 2:9, 2:10, 3:3, 6:22, 7:4, 7:13 + 45 more

Psalms

2:7, 3:2, 4:4, 4:6, 10:6, 10:11, 10:13, 11:1, 12:4, 12:5, 13:4, 14:1, 16:2, 18:1, 27:8, 29:9, 30:6, 31:14, 31:22, 32:5 + 76 more

Proverbs

1:11, 1:21, 3:28, 4:4, 5:12, 7:4, 20:9, 20:14, 20:22, 22:13, 23:7, 24:12, 24:24, 24:29, 25:7, 26:13, 26:19, 28:24, 30:9, 30:15 + 2 more

Ecclesiastes

1:2, 1:10, 1:16, 2:1, 2:2, 2:15, 3:17, 3:18, 5:6, 6:3, 7:10, 7:23, 7:27, 8:4, 8:14, 8:17, 9:16, 10:3, 12:1, 12:8

Song of Solomon

2:10, 7:8

Isaiah

1:11, 1:18, 2:3, 3:7, 3:10, 3:16, 4:1, 4:3, 5:19, 5:20, 6:3, 6:5, 6:7, 6:8, 6:9, 6:11, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:7 + 187 more

Jeremiah

1:6, 1:7, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:14, 2:2, 2:5, 2:6, 2:8, 2:20, 2:23, 2:25, 2:27, 2:31, 2:35, 3:1, 3:6, 3:7 + 317 more

Lamentations

2:12, 2:15, 2:16, 3:18, 3:24, 3:37, 3:54, 3:57, 4:15, 4:20

Ezekiel

2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:10, 3:11, 3:18, 3:22, 3:24, 3:27, 4:13, 4:14, 4:15, 4:16, 5:5, 5:7, 5:8, 6:3 + 212 more

Daniel

1:3, 1:10, 1:11, 1:18, 2:2, 2:3, 8:13, 8:14, 8:16, 8:17, 8:19, 8:26, 9:4, 9:22, 10:11, 10:12, 10:16, 10:19, 10:20, 12:6 + 2 more

Hosea

1:2, 1:4, 1:6, 1:9, 1:10, 2:1, 2:5, 2:7, 2:12, 2:23, 3:1, 3:3, 7:2, 10:3, 10:8, 12:8, 13:2, 13:10, 14:2, 14:3

Joel

2:17, 2:19, 2:32, 3:10

Amos

1:2, 1:3, 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:9, 1:11, 1:13, 1:15, 2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 2:6, 2:12, 3:9, 3:11, 3:12, 4:1, 5:3, 5:4 + 23 more

Obadiah

1:1, 1:3

Jonah

1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:14, 2:2, 2:4, 2:10, 3:4, 3:7, 4:2, 4:4, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10

Micah

2:3, 2:4, 2:7, 3:1, 3:5, 3:11, 4:2, 4:11, 6:1, 7:10

Nahum

1:12, 3:7

Habakkuk

2:2, 2:6, 2:19

Zephaniah

1:12, 2:15, 3:7, 3:16, 3:20

Haggai

1:2, 1:5, 1:7, 1:8, 1:13, 2:2, 2:6, 2:7, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 2:21

Zechariah

1:3, 1:4, 1:6, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:14, 1:16, 1:17, 1:19, 1:21, 2:2, 2:4, 2:8, 3:2, 3:4, 3:5, 3:7, 4:2 + 45 more

Malachi

1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:14, 2:2, 2:4, 2:8, 2:14, 2:16, 2:17, 3:1, 3:5 + 10 more