H6016 - עֹמֶר (ʻômer)

H6016 עֹמֶר (ʻômer) o'-mer

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure

Derivation: from H6014 (עָמַר);

KJV Usage: omer, sheaf.

TWOT Reference: 1645b,a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) omer

1a) a dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 litres)

2) sheaf

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֹמֶר ‛ômer BDB Definition: 1) omer 1a) a dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 litres) 2) sheaf Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6014 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1645b, 1645a Total KJV Occurrences: 14

Bible Occurrences (14)

16:16 16:18 16:22 16:32 16:33 16:36

23:10 23:11 23:12 23:15

24:19

2:7 2:15

24:10

Exodus 16:16

This... is what the LORD has commanded: Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each... person... in your tent.

Exodus 16:18

When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

Exodus 16:22

On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food — two omers per person and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

Exodus 16:32

Moses said, This... is what the LORD... has commanded: Keep an omer of [manna] for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 16:33

So Moses... told Aaron, Take a jar and fill it...... with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.

Exodus 16:36

(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah....)

Leviticus 23:10

Speak to the Israelites... and say, When you enter...... the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

Leviticus 23:11

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.