chomer: clay Original Word: חֹ֫מֶר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chomer
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'mer)
Short Definition: clay
I. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine cement, mortar, clay; — ׳ח absolute Genesis 11:3 13t.; construct Isaiah 10:6 2t.; — 1 mortar, cement for holding building-stones (brick) together Genesis 11:3 (J), Exodus 1:14 (P; both "" לְבֵנִים); Nahum 3:14 ("" טיט). 2 clay: a. as material of vessels Jeremiah 18:4,6, היצר ׳ח Isaiah 29:16, in simile of God's fashioning man Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:7; Job 10:9; as material of human bodies ׳בָּתֵּי ח Job 4:19; compare Job 33:6; as material of bulwarks (disparagingly) Job 13:12; חותם ׳ח = seal-clay i.e. clay upon which seal is pressed. b. = mire חוצות ׳ח Isaiah 10:6; ׳הֹרָנִי לַח Job 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire, i.e. deeply humiliated me (עָפָר and אֵפֶר in "" clause); as simile of commonness, abundance Job 27:16 ("" עָפָר). II. חֹ֫מֶר noun [masculine] heap (compare 1. חֲמוֺר) — ׳ח construct מַיִם רַבִּים ׳ח Habakkuk 3:15 a heap of great waters ("" יָם) — but text dubious, see I. חמר; plural הֳמָרִים חֳמָרִים Exodus 8:10 (J), of dead frogs gathered in heaps. III. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine homer, a dry measure (perhaps from above √, but dubious; compare Assyrian amâru, surround, contain, II. R Exodus 36:19 a. b Strm4760, Imêru, a measure ZimBP 6 n) — ׳ח absolute Isaiah 5:10 5t. Ezekiel; construct Hosea 3:2 3t.; plural חֳמָרִיםNumbers 11:32; — ׳ח of barley Hosea 3:2; Ezekiel 45:13, compare שְׂעֹרִים ׳זֶרַע ח Leviticus 27:16 i.e. land on which a ׳ח of barley seed was sown (taxed at 50 shekels); ׳ח of wheat Ezekiel 45:13; in General ׳זֶרַע ח Isaiah 5:10; = 10 ephahs (or baths, see בַּת below בתת) Ezekiel 45:11 (3 t. in verse); Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (in Ezekiel 45:14 strike out Co); on actual size of ׳ח, = 393.9 litres, see HultschMetrol. 2nd ed. 448, 452f. See further II. בַּת and references, BenzArch 183 f NowArch. i, 203 f.
clay, heap, homer, mire, motion From chamar; 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 -- clay, heap, homer, mire, motion. see HEBREW chamar
ḥam·rā — 4 Occ.
ba·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
bə·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
ḵa·ḥō·mer — 2 Occ.
ḥă·mō·wr — 1 Occ.
ḥă·mō·rā·ṯā·yim — 1 Occ.
ḥo·mā·rim — 3 Occ.
ḥō·mer — 9 Occ.
ha·ḥō·mer — 4 Occ.
kə·ḥō·mer — 3 Occ.
mê·ḥō·mer — 3 Occ.
ḇa·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵa·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
ḥê·mār — 1 Occ.
ḇa·ḥê·mār — 1 Occ.
wə·ha·ḥê·mār — 1 Occ.
ḥam·rān — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥim·mêš — 1 Occ.
ba·ḥă·mêš — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 2563
33 Occurrences
ba·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
bə·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
ḵa·ḥō·mer — 2 Occ.
ḥă·mō·wr — 1 Occ.
ḥă·mō·rā·ṯā·yim — 1 Occ.
ḥo·mā·rim — 3 Occ.
ḥō·mer — 9 Occ.
ha·ḥō·mer — 4 Occ.
kə·ḥō·mer — 3 Occ.
la·ḥō·mer — 2 Occ.
mê·ḥō·mer — 3 Occ.
ḇa·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵa·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥō·mer — 1 Occ.
Genesis 11:3
BIB: הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לַחֹֽמֶר׃
NAS: and they used tar for mortar.
KJV: and slime had they for morter.
INT: tar used mortarExodus 1:14
BIB: בַּעֲבֹדָ֣ה קָשָׁ֗ה בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙ וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים וּבְכָל־
NAS: labor in mortar and bricks
KJV: bondage, in morter, and in brick,
INT: labor hard mortar and bricks all Exodus 8:14
BIB: וַיִּצְבְּר֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם חֳמָרִ֣ם חֳמָרִ֑ם וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁ
NAS: So they piled them in heaps, and the land
KJV: And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land
INT: piled heaps heaps became Exodus 8:14
BIB: אֹתָ֖ם חֳמָרִ֣ם חֳמָרִ֑ם וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
INT: piled heaps heaps became and the land Leviticus 27:16
BIB: זַרְע֑וֹ זֶ֚רַע חֹ֣מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֔ים בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים
NAS: to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley
KJV: to the seed thereof: an homer of barley
INT: to the seed seed A homer of barley fifty Numbers 11:32
BIB: אָסַ֖ף עֲשָׂרָ֣ה חֳמָרִ֑ים וַיִּשְׁטְח֤וּ לָהֶם֙
NAS: ten homers) and they spread
KJV: ten homers: and they spread
INT: gathered ten homers spread abroad Judges 15:16
BIB: בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּלְחִ֣י
INT: the jawbone of a donkey clay clay the jawbone Judges 15:16
BIB: הַחֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּלְחִ֣י הַחֲמ֔וֹר
INT: of a donkey clay clay the jawbone of a donkey Job 4:19
BIB: שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־ חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־ בֶּעָפָ֥ר
NAS: in houses of clay, Whose
KJV: in houses of clay, whose foundation
INT: dwell houses of clay Whose the dust Job 10:9
BIB: נָ֭א כִּי־ כַחֹ֣מֶר עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי וְֽאֶל־
NAS: that You have made me as clay; And would You turn
KJV: I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring
INT: now as clay you have made into Job 13:12
BIB: אֵ֑פֶר לְגַבֵּי־ חֹ֝֗מֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃
NAS: Your defenses are defenses of clay.
KJV: your bodies to bodies of clay.
INT: of ashes your defenses of clay are defenses Job 27:16
BIB: כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃
NAS: garments as [plentiful as] the clay,
KJV: and prepare raiment as the clay;
INT: dust silver the clay and prepares garments Job 30:19
BIB: הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר
NAS: He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like
KJV: He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like
INT: has cast the mire have become dust Job 33:6
BIB: כְפִ֣יךָ לָאֵ֑ל מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־
NAS: have been formed out of the clay.
KJV: stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
INT: wish to God of the clay have been formed too Job 38:14
BIB: תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹ֣מֶר חוֹתָ֑ם וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ
NAS: It is changed like clay [under] the seal;
KJV: It is turned as clay [to] the seal;
INT: is changed clay the seal stand Isaiah 5:10
BIB: אֶחָ֑ת וְזֶ֥רַע חֹ֖מֶר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֵיפָֽה׃
NAS: bath [of wine], And a homer of seed
KJV: and the seed of an homer shall yield
INT: one of seed homer will yield an ephah Isaiah 10:6
BIB: ק) מִרְמָ֖ס כְּחֹ֥מֶר חוּצֽוֹת׃
NAS: And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
KJV: and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
INT: appoint trample mud the streets Isaiah 29:16
BIB: הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם אִם־ כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב
NAS: be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made
KJV: as the potter's clay: for shall the work
INT: down lo the clay shall the potter be considered Isaiah 41:25
BIB: סְגָנִים֙ כְּמוֹ־ חֹ֔מֶר וּכְמ֥וֹ יוֹצֵ֖ר
NAS: upon rulers as [upon] mortar, Even as the potter
KJV: upon princes as [upon] morter, and as the potter
INT: rulers according to as mortar Even as the potter Isaiah 45:9
BIB: אֲדָמָ֑ה הֲיֹאמַ֨ר חֹ֤מֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ מַֽה־
NAS: of earth! Will the clay say
KJV: of the earth. Shall the clay say
INT: of earth say will the clay to the potter What Isaiah 64:8
BIB: אָ֑תָּה אֲנַ֤חְנוּ הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה יֹצְרֵ֔נוּ
NAS: You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter;
KJV: thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter;
INT: you we are the clay and You our potter Jeremiah 18:4
BIB: ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר
NAS: that he was making of clay was spoiled
KJV: that he made of clay was marred
INT: he was making of clay the hand of the potter Jeremiah 18:6
BIB: יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר
NAS: Behold, like the clay in the potter's
KJV: the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's
INT: the LORD Behold the clay hand the potter's Ezekiel 45:11
BIB: לָשֵׂ֕את מַעְשַׂ֥ר הַחֹ֖מֶר הַבָּ֑ת וַעֲשִׂירִ֤ת
NAS: a tenth of a homer and the ephah
KJV: the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah
INT: will contain A tenth of a homer the bath A tenth Ezekiel 45:11
BIB: הַבָּ֑ת וַעֲשִׂירִ֤ת הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ הָֽאֵיפָ֔ה אֶל־
NAS: a tenth of a homer; their standard
KJV: the tenth part of an homer: the measure
INT: the bath A tenth of a homer and the ephah shall be according 33 Occurrences
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