אָמַר ʼâmar

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.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Psalms 10:11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Psalms 10:13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
• Psalms 11:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Psalms 12:4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
• Psalms 12:5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Psalms 13:4 lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
• Psalms 14:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
• Psalms 16:2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
• Psalms 18:1 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
• Psalms 27:8 My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
• Psalms 29:9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
• Psalms 30:6 In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
• Psalms 31:14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• Psalms 31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
• Psalms 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
• Psalms 33:9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
• Psalms 35:3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
• Psalms 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
• Psalms 35:21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
• Psalms 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
• Psalms 35:27 May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
• Psalms 38:16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
• Psalms 39:1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
• Psalms 40:7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
• Psalms 40:10 I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
• Psalms 40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
• Psalms 40:16 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
• Psalms 41:4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
• Psalms 41:5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
• Psalms 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 42:9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
• Psalms 42:10 Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 45:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
• Psalms 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
• Psalms 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
• Psalms 53:1 For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
• Psalms 55:6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
• Psalms 58:11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
• Psalms 64:5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
• Psalms 66:3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
• Psalms 68:22 The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
• Psalms 70:3 May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
• Psalms 70:4 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
• Psalms 71:10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
• Psalms 71:11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
• Psalms 73:11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
• Psalms 73:15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
• Psalms 74:8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
• Psalms 75:4 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
• Psalms 77:10 So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
• Psalms 78:19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
• Psalms 79:10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
• Psalms 82:6 I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
• Psalms 83:4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
• Psalms 83:12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
• Psalms 87:5 And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
• Psalms 89:2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
• Psalms 89:19 You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
• Psalms 90:3 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
• Psalms 91:2 I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”