Strong's Definition
to gather grain
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if piling blows); specifically (as denominative from H6016 (עֹמֶר))
KJV Usage: bind sheaves, make merchandise of.
TWOT Reference: 1645,1646
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to bind sheaves
1a) (Piel) to gather
2) to manipulate, deal tyrannically with
2a) (Hithpael) to treat as a slave
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עִמֵּר (im.mer) — to bind. 1) to bind sheaves 1a) (Piel) to gather
עָמַר (a.mar) — to tyranise. 1) to manipulate, deal tyrannically with 1a) (Hithpael) to treat as a slave
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עִמֵּר] vb. Pi. denom. bind sheaves;—ψ 129:7 ref
[עָמַר] vb. Hithp. deal tyrannically base