Word Study · Strong's H2563 · Hebrew
חֹמֶר
chomer
kho'mer
Strong's 1890 spelling: chômer
“properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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
Rendered in the KJV as
clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
- 31occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 27inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 31 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 27
- הַחֹ֙מֶר֙2
- הַחֹ֖מֶר2
- חֹ֖מֶר2
- כְּחֹ֥מֶר2
- בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙1
- בַחֹ֖מֶר1
- בַּחֹ֖מֶר1
- וְחֹ֥מֶר1
- וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר1
- חֹ֣מֶר1
- חֹ֗מֶר1
- חֹ֝֗מֶר1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 22
- clay3
- the homer3
- [are] a homer2
- from [the] homer of2
- heaps2
- like [the] clay of2
- like the clay2
- [are] the clay1
- a heap of1
- a homer1
- a homer of1
- and a homer of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- noun · masculine singular7
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 7
- HRd/Ncmsa · 6
- HR/Ncmsc · 5
- HTd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
All 31, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 1:14בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙bechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singularand made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.here: in mortar
- Exodus 8:14חֳמָרִ֣םchomarimnoun · masculine pluralThey were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.here: heaps
- Exodus 8:14חֳמָרִ֑םchomarimnoun · masculine pluralThey were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.here: heaps
Job7 occurrences
- Job 4:19חֹ֗מֶרchomernoun · masculine singularhow much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!here: clay
- Job 10:9כַחֹ֣מֶרkhachomerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularPlease remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?here: like the clay
- Job 13:12חֹ֝֗מֶרchomernoun · masculine singularYour maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.here: clay
- Job 27:16וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶרvekhachomerconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThough he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,here: and like the clay
- Job 30:19לַחֹ֑מֶרlachomerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.here: to the mud
- Job 33:6מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶרmechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singularI am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.here: from clay
- Job 38:14כְּחֹ֣מֶרkechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.here: like [the] clay of
Isaiah6 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:10חֹ֖מֶרchomernoun · masculine singularFor ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”here: a homer
- Isaiah 10:6כְּחֹ֥מֶרkechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.here: like [the] mud of
- Isaiah 29:16כְּחֹ֥מֶרkechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?here: like [the] clay of
- Isaiah 41:25חֹ֔מֶרchomernoun · masculine singularI have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.here: mud
- Isaiah 45:9חֹ֤מֶרchomernoun · masculine singularWoe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?here: clay
- Isaiah 64:8הַחֹ֙מֶר֙hachomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.here: [are] the clay
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 18:4בַּחֹ֖מֶרbachomerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.here: with the clay
- Jeremiah 18:6כַחֹ֙מֶר֙khachomerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.here: like the clay
Ezekiel7 occurrences
- Ezekiel 45:11הַחֹ֖מֶרhachomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.here: the homer
- Ezekiel 45:11הַחֹ֙מֶר֙hachomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.here: the homer
- Ezekiel 45:11הַחֹ֖מֶרhachomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.here: the homer
- Ezekiel 45:13מֵחֹ֣מֶרmechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.here: from [the] homer of
- Ezekiel 45:13מֵחֹ֖מֶרmechomerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.here: from [the] homer of
- Ezekiel 45:14חֹ֑מֶרchomernoun · masculine singularThe prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).here: [are] a homer
- Ezekiel 45:14חֹֽמֶר׃chomernoun · masculine singularThe prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).here: [are] a homer