King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6016
Transliteration: omer
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-mer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sheaf
Meaning: a heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure)
Word Summary
omer: a sheaf
Original Word: עֹמֶרTransliteration: omer
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-mer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a sheaf
Meaning: a heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure)
Strong's Concordance
omer, sheaf From amar; properly, a heap, i.e. A sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure -- omer, sheaf.
see HEBREW amar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6016. omer
I. עֹ֫מֶר noun masculineLeviticus 23:11 sheaf (swath, row of fallen grain, WetzstZ. f. Ethnol. 1873, 273 (Syriac Dreschtafel), against him VogelstLandwirthschaft in Pal, 61 who translates heap of sheaves); — ׳ע absolute Deuteronomy 24:19; Leviticus 23:11-12, 15, construct 23:10; figurative of food (absolute) Job 24:10; plural עֳמָרִים literal Ruth 2:7, 15.
II. עֹ֫מֶר noun masculineExodus 16:22 omer (compare Arabic small drinking cup or bowl; relation to I. ׳ע obscure); — a measure, only Exodus 16; — the measure itself 16:18; 16:32; 16:33; amount measured 16:16; 16:22; = 1/10 ephah 16:36; ᵐ5 γόμορ.