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H0559אָמַרa.mar

to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 606
  2. 299
  3. 80
  4. 246
  5. 142
  6. 137
  7. 269
  8. 54
  9. 422
  10. 335
  11. 326
  12. 345
  13. 72
  14. 184
  15. 15
  16. 61
  17. 52
  18. 97
  19. 101
  20. 25
  21. 20
  22. 2
  23. 247
  24. 478
  25. 10
  26. 363
  27. 23
  28. 22
  29. 5
  30. 52
  31. 2
  32. 22
  33. 10
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 5
  37. 26
  38. 109
  39. 40

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5,309 occurrences in 4,339 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:6

    And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  2. 2 Chronicles 32:9

    After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem (at that time he was stationed with all his army in front of Lachish), to say to Hezekiah and all the men of Judah in Jerusalem,

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  3. 2 Chronicles 32:10

    Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?

    אָמַ֔ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  4. 2 Chronicles 32:11

    Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  5. 2 Chronicles 32:12

    Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Give worship before one altar only, burning offerings on it?

    וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “did he say?”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  6. 2 Chronicles 32:17

    And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah kee

    וְלֵֽאמֹ֨ר (אמֹ֨ר) Mor “say”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  7. 2 Chronicles 32:24

    In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he spoke”

  8. 2 Chronicles 33:4

    And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he had said”

  9. 2 Chronicles 33:7

    And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

    אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he had said”

  10. 2 Chronicles 33:16

    And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  11. 2 Chronicles 34:15

    Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

    וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  12. 2 Chronicles 34:16

    And Shaphan took the book to the king; and he gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants are doing all they have been given to do;

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  13. 2 Chronicles 34:18

    Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he made a start at reading some of it to the king.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  14. 2 Chronicles 34:20

    And he gave orders to Hilkiah and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  15. 2 Chronicles 34:23

    And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Say to the man who sent you to me,

    וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he says”אִמְר֣וּ 'im.Ru “say”

  16. 2 Chronicles 34:24

    These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even all the curses in the book which they have been reading before the king of Judah;

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  17. 2 Chronicles 34:26

    But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

    תֹאמְר֖וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  18. 2 Chronicles 35:3

    And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  19. 2 Chronicles 35:21

    But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is wi

    לֵאמֹר֩׀ (אמֹר֩) Mor “saying”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he has said”

  20. 2 Chronicles 35:23

    And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

    וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  21. 2 Chronicles 35:25

    And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

    וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they have said”

  22. 2 Chronicles 36:22

    Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out thro

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  23. 2 Chronicles 36:23

    Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people

    אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  24. Ezra 1:1

    Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  25. Ezra 1:2

    These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

    אָמַ֗ר 'a.Mar “he says”