amar · say

What it means

amar (אֲמַר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “say”.

To say (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "amar".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To speak to someone with words, answer him or set out what one thinks (Aramaic).
2. To give an order with authority (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To say (Aramaic). It is the same word as the Hebrew אָמַר (H559), with its own note, and it is used the same way: it introduces what someone says and, at times, an order. It appears only in the Aramaic parts of Ezra and Daniel.

• Introducing what someone says Daniel 3:25Daniel 6:20
• The Chaldeans ask the king: “Tell the dream” Daniel 2:4Daniel 2:9
• Saying as ordering Daniel 2:46Daniel 3:13
• Telling a dream Daniel 7:1Daniel 4:8

How we translate it

“Said” 50 times, “tell” 6, “told” 4 (“the dream I told before him”, Daniel 4:8), “saying” 3. When the king says something that must be carried out, it keeps “said” (“he said to offer to him an offering”, Daniel 2:46; 3:13) or “gave the word” (Daniel 6:16). As in Hebrew, the repeated formula “answered and said” is kept.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• said ×50
• tell ×6
• told ×4
• gave the word ×3
• saying ×3
• say ×2
• he spoke ×1
• says ×1
• speak ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×5
• Jeremiah×1
• Daniel×65

• Ezra 5:3

  At that time Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their companions came to them, and thus they said to them: “Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?”

• Ezra 5:4

  Then we told them thus: “What are the names of the men who are building this building?”

• Ezra 5:9

  Then we asked those elders and thus we said to them: ‘Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?’

• Ezra 5:11

  And thus they returned an answer to us, saying: ‘We are the servants of the Elah of the heavens and the earth, and we are building the house that was built many years before this; and a great king of Israel built it and finished it.

• Ezra 5:15

  And he said to him, “These utensils: take them, go, deposit them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of Elah be built on its site.”

• Jeremiah 10:11

  Thus you shall say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

• Daniel 2:4

  And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:5

  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be made into pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.

• Daniel 2:7

  They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:8

  The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you are buying time, because you have seen that the word from me is firm:

• Daniel 2:9

  that if you do not make known to me the dream, there is one law for you; and a lying word and corrupt you have agreed to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:10

  The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, “There is no man on the dry land who can declare the king’s matter, because no king, great and ruling, has asked a thing like this of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

• Daniel 2:12

  Because of this the king became angry and was furious very much, and he said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 2:15

  He answered and said to Arioch, the captain of the king, “Why is the law so harsh from before the king?” Then Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.

• Daniel 2:20

  Daniel answered and said, “May the name of Elah be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting, for wisdom and power are his.

• Daniel 2:24

  Because of this Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and the interpretation to the king I will declare.”

• Daniel 2:25

  Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man from the sons of the exile of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:26

  The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw and its interpretation?”

• Daniel 2:27

  Daniel answered before the king and said, “The mystery that the king asks, no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or diviners are able to declare to the king.

• Daniel 2:36

  This is the dream, and its interpretation we will tell before the king.

• Daniel 2:46

  Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and bowed down before Daniel, and he said to offer to him an offering and pleasing aromas.

• Daniel 2:47

  The king answered Daniel and said, “Truly your Elah is Elah of gods and lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

• Daniel 3:4

  And the herald was calling out with strength, “To you it is said, peoples, nations, and languages:

• Daniel 3:9

  They answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

• Daniel 3:13

  Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger and fury said to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; then they brought these men before the king.

• Daniel 3:14

  Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that my gods you do not serve, and to the image of gold that I set up you do not bow down?

• Daniel 3:16

  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “We have no need to answer you about this matter.

• Daniel 3:19

  Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He answered and said to heat the furnace seven times more than it was customary to heat it.

• Daniel 3:20

  And to certain men, mighty men of strength who were in his army, he said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to throw them into the furnace of fire blazing.

• Daniel 3:24

  Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste; he answered and said to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

• Daniel 3:25

  He answered and said, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm in them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

• Daniel 3:26

  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of fire blazing; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of Elah Illaya, come out and come!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.

• Daniel 3:28

  Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and they changed the king’s word and gave their bodies so that they would not serve and not bow down to any god except their Elah.

• Daniel 3:29

  And from me is made a decree that any people, nation, or language that says anything amiss against their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into pieces, and its house shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other Elah who is able to rescue like this.”

• Daniel 4:7

  Then there came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the dream I told before them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me.

• Daniel 4:8

  And at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream I told before him:

• Daniel 4:9

  “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery is too hard for you, tell the visions of my dream that I saw and its interpretation.

• Daniel 4:14

  He called out with strength and said this: ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches; strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

• Daniel 4:18

  This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

• Daniel 4:19

  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for about a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your adversaries!

And 31 more times.