H5995 עָמִיר (ʻâmîyr) aw-meer'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

sheaf

Strong's Definition

a bunch of grain

Derivation: from H6014 (עָמַר);

KJV Usage: handful, sheaf.

TWOT Reference: 1645c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) swath, a row of fallen grain

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2562

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָמִיר (a.mir) — sheaf. swath, a row of fallen grain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָמִיר (H5995)

noun m · עמר

Crops

cut grain, sheaves = harvested grain, whether bundled in sheaves or not

JER 9:21 · AMO 2:13 · MIC 4:12 · ZEC 12:6

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָמִיר n.[m.] swath, row of fallen grain base

Bible Occurrences (4)

9:22

2:13

4:12

12:6

Jeremiah 9:22

Declare that this is what the LORD says: The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.

Amos 2:13

Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as [with] a cart full of grain.

Micah 4:12

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Zechariah 12:6

On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot... in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure [there].