Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6016
עֹמֶר
omero'-mer
sheaf; omer
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻômer
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6016is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6016
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
The King James renders it: omer, sheaf.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
omer is rendered "sheaf; omer". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "sheaf".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:16This 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.’”
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
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 16:16עֹ֣מֶר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's fourteen uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: sheaf, and omer.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| sheafStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 16:16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs… |
| omerStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the omer3
- a sheaf2
- the sheaf2
- among the sheaves1
- an omer1
- and the omer1
- by the omer1
- sheaf of1
- the sheaf of1
- the sheaves1
The words built on the same word-part
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָעֹ֖מֶר2
- עֹ֣מֶר2
- בָעֹ֔מֶר1
- בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים1
- הָעֹ֙מֶר֙1
- הָעֹ֛מֶר1
- הָעֹ֑מֶר1
- הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים1
- וְהָעֹ֕מֶר1
- עֹ֛מֶר1
- עֹ֖מֶר1
- עֹֽמֶר׃1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Exodus
six uses
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.’”
- עֹ֣מֶרʾomernoun · masculine singulartagged: an omer
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.
- בָעֹ֔מֶרvaomerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: by the omer
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.
- הָעֹ֖מֶרhaomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the omer
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.’”
- הָעֹ֙מֶר֙haomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the omer
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.”
- הָעֹ֖מֶרhaomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the omer
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
- וְהָעֹ֕מֶרvehaomerconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the omer
Leviticus
four uses
“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.
- עֹ֛מֶרʾomernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the sheaf of
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.
- הָעֹ֛מֶרhaomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the sheaf
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
- הָעֹ֑מֶרhaomerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the sheaf
From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
- עֹ֖מֶרʾomernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sheaf of
Deuteronomy
one use
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
- עֹ֣מֶרʾomernoun · masculine singulartagged: a sheaf
Ruth
two uses
She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
- בָֽעֳמָרִ֔יםvoomarimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: among the sheaves
When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
- הָֽעֳמָרִ֛יםhoomarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the sheaves
Job
one use
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
- עֹֽמֶר׃ʾomernoun · masculine singulartagged: a sheaf
Where it leads
Studies that open this word2
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.