עֹמֶר
ʻômer · o'-mer
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6014 (עָמַר);
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
- properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf
- also, an omer, as a dry measure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: omer, sheaf.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֹמֶר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the sheaf4 · 29%
- an omer3 · 21%
- a sheaf2 · 14%
- it with an omer1 · 7%
- omers1 · 7%
- now an omer1 · 7%
- among the sheaves1 · 7%
- even among the sheaves1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.