Sheaf
עֹ֫מֶרStrong’s H6016omer (o-mer)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Omer is the Hebrew word usually translated “omer”, “sheaf of” and “sheaf”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.”
Meaning
- Sheaf
- Omera dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 litres)
How it's translated
- the omer 2
- sheaf of 2
- the sheaf 2
- a sheaf 2
- an omer 1
- by the omer 1
- omer 1
- and the omer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- Leviticus 4
- Ruth 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Job 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 16:18And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
- Exodus 16:22And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
- Exodus 16:32And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 16:33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
- Exodus 16:36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
- Leviticus 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Hebrew dictionary
עֹ֫מֶר omer · sheaf
sheaf
עֹ֫מֶר omer · omer
1) omer 1a) a dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 litres)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sheaf” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHEAF, noun
plural sheaves. [Latin scopa, scopo.]
- A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw.
- Any bundle or collection; as a sheaf of arrows.
All definitions and other forms of “sheaf”
SHEAF, verb transitive
To collect and bind; to make sheaves.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.