6016. omer
Strong's Lexicon
omer: Sheaf, Omer

Original Word: עֹמֶר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `omer
Pronunciation: OH-mer
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-mer)
Definition: Sheaf, Omer
Meaning: a heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure)

Word Origin: Derived from the root עמר (amar), meaning "to bind sheaves" or "to gather."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for "omer" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew measure and concept. However, related concepts of measurement and offerings can be found in Greek terms like μέτρον (metron, G3358) for measure.

Usage: The term "omer" primarily refers to a sheaf, a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthwise and tied together after reaping. It also denotes a specific measure of volume used in ancient Israel, approximately equivalent to 2.3 liters or about 2 quarts. In the context of the biblical narrative, it is often associated with the offering of the firstfruits and the counting of the Omer between Passover and Shavuot.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, agriculture was central to daily life and religious practice. The omer was a critical unit of measure in the agrarian society, particularly during the harvest season. The "Counting of the Omer" is a significant period in the Jewish calendar, marking the 49 days between the offering of the barley sheaf during Passover and the wheat offering at Shavuot. This period is a time of anticipation and spiritual preparation.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. עֹ֫מֶר noun masculineLeviticus 23:11 sheaf (swath, row of fallen grain, WetzstZ. f. Ethnol. 1873, 273 (Syriac Dreschtafel), against him VogelstLandwirthschaft in Pal, 61 who translates heap of sheaves); — ׳ע absolute Deuteronomy 24:19; Leviticus 23:11,12,15, construct Leviticus 23:10; figurative of food (absolute) Job 24:10; plural עֳמָרִים literal Ruth 2:7,15.

II. עֹ֫מֶר noun masculineExodus 16:22 omer (compare Arabic small drinking cup or bowl; relation to I. ׳ע obscure); — a measure, only Exodus 16; — the measure itself Exodus 16:18; Exodus 16:32; Exodus 16:33; amount measured Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:22; = 1/10 ephah Exodus 16:36; ᵐ5 γόμορ.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
omer, sheaf

From amar; properly, a heap, i.e. A sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure -- omer, sheaf.

see HEBREW amar

Forms and Transliterations
בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים בָעֹ֔מֶר בעמר בעמרים הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים הָעֹ֑מֶר הָעֹ֖מֶר הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ הָעֹ֛מֶר העמר העמרים וְהָעֹ֕מֶר והעמר עֹ֖מֶר עֹ֛מֶר עֹ֣מֶר עֹֽמֶר׃ עמר עמר׃ ‘ō·mer ‘ōmer ḇā‘omārîm ḇā‘ōmer ḇā·‘o·mā·rîm ḇā·‘ō·mer hā‘omārîm hā‘ōmer hā·‘o·mā·rîm hā·‘ō·mer haOmer hoomaRim Omer vaOmer vehaOmer voomaRim wə·hā·‘ō·mer wəhā‘ōmer
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Exodus 16:16
HEB: לְפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ עֹ֣מֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת מִסְפַּר֙
NAS: you shall take an omer apiece
KJV: to his eating, an omer for every man,
INT: much to his eating an omer apiece to the number

Exodus 16:18
HEB: וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּ בָעֹ֔מֶר וְלֹ֤א הֶעְדִּיף֙
NAS: When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much
KJV: And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much
INT: measured an omer had no excess

Exodus 16:22
HEB: מִשְׁנֶ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥י הָעֹ֖מֶר לָאֶחָ֑ד וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
NAS: two omers for each one.
KJV: two omers for one
INT: twice two omers each came

Exodus 16:32
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה מְלֹ֤א הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
KJV: Fill an omer of it to be kept
INT: the LORD Fill an omer at of it be kept

Exodus 16:33
HEB: שָׁ֥מָּה מְלֹֽא־ הָעֹ֖מֶר מָ֑ן וְהַנַּ֤ח
KJV: pot, and put an omer full of manna
INT: in it full an omer of manna up

Exodus 16:36
HEB: וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה
NAS: (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
KJV: Now an omer [is] the tenth
INT: an omer tenth an ephah

Leviticus 23:10
HEB: וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם אֶת־ עֹ֛מֶר רֵאשִׁ֥ית קְצִירְכֶ֖ם
NAS: then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits
KJV: thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits
INT: harvest shall bring the sheaf of the first of your harvest

Leviticus 23:11
HEB: וְהֵנִ֧יף אֶת־ הָעֹ֛מֶר לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: He shall wave the sheaf before
KJV: And he shall wave the sheaf before
INT: shall wave the sheaf before the LORD

Leviticus 23:12
HEB: הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖ם אֶת־ הָעֹ֑מֶר כֶּ֣בֶשׂ תָּמִ֧ים
NAS: when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer
KJV: when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
INT: the day wave the sheaf A male without

Leviticus 23:15
HEB: הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־ עֹ֖מֶר הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע
NAS: when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering;
KJV: that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering;
INT: the day brought the sheaf of the wave shall be seven

Deuteronomy 24:19
HEB: בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ עֹ֣מֶר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה לֹ֤א
NAS: and have forgotten a sheaf in the field,
KJV: and hast forgot a sheaf in the field,
INT: your field forgotten A sheaf the field shall not

Ruth 2:7
HEB: נָּא֙ וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקּוֹצְרִ֑ים
NAS: the reapers among the sheaves.' Thus she came
KJV: the reapers among the sheaves: so she came,
INT: Please and gather the sheaves after the reapers

Ruth 2:15
HEB: גַּ֣ם בֵּ֧ין הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים תְּלַקֵּ֖ט וְלֹ֥א
NAS: among the sheaves, and do not insult
KJV: Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach
INT: even among the sheaves her glean not

Job 24:10
HEB: וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃
NAS: And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
KJV: and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
INT: famish take the sheaves

14 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6016
14 Occurrences


hā·‘ō·mer — 5 Occ.
hā·‘o·mā·rîm — 1 Occ.
‘ō·mer — 5 Occ.
ḇā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.
ḇā·‘o·mā·rîm — 1 Occ.















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