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Homer

Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H2563
Hebrew
חֹמֶר · chômer

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חֹמֶר

H2563
Transliteration
chômer
Pronunciation
kho'mer
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
31

Glosses

clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.

Lexicon definition

properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave

of earth, mire or clay (cement)

also a heap

hence, a chomer or dry measure

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Homer

Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See [282]OMER.) "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Homer

Indexed occurrences: 10

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Strong's Concordance

Homers

Indexed occurrences: 1

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

HOMER

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Nave’s Topical Bible references for HOMER.

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Topic

HALF-HOMER

Nave’s Topical Bible references for HALF-HOMER.

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HOMER

Nave’s Topical Bible references for HOMER.

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Dictionary

Bath

A Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa. 5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

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Cor

This Hebrew word, untranslated, denotes a round vessel used as a measure both for liquids and solids. It was equal to one homer, and contained ten ephahs in dry and ten baths in liquid measure (Ezek. 45:14). The Rabbins estimated the cor at forty-five gallons, while Josephus estimated it at about eighty-seven. In 1 Kings 4:22; 5:11; 2 Chr. 2:10; 27:5, the original word is rendered "measure."

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Homer

Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See [282]OMER.) "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.

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Mortar

(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14). Also Heb. aphar, usually rendered "dust," clay or mud used for cement in building (Lev. 14:42, 45). Mortar for pulverizing (Prov. 27:22) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the wilderness for pounding the manna (Num. 11:8). It is commonly used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby.

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