עֹמֶר omer

Hebrew word for “sheaf” · Strong’s H6016 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

sheaf

Senses in the lexicon

• sheaf (8)
• omer (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for omer in context, with how often each is used:

• sheaf 6
• omer 5
• among the sheaves 1
• sheaves 1
• omers 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 16 (6), Leviticus 23 (4), Ruth 2 (2), Deuteronomy 24 (1), Job 24 (1)

Forms

• עמר 5
• העמר 5
• בעמרים 1
• העמרים 1
• בעמר 1
• והעמר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with omer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• לָקַט laqat “to gather” 5
• קָצַר qatsar “to reap” 3
• מׇחֳרָת mochorat “morrow” 2
• נוּף nuph “to wave” 2
• מְלֹא melo “fullness” 2
• אֹכֶל okhel “food” 2
• קָצִיר qatsir “harvest” 2
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 3
• מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret “charge” 2
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 2
• שַׁבָּת shabbat “Sabbath” 2
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 3

Key verses

The verses using omer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 16:16 — This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your…
• Exodus 16:18 — And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to…
• Exodus 16:22 — And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
• Exodus 16:32 — And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have…
• Exodus 16:33 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
• Exodus 16:36 — Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
• Leviticus 23:10 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall…
• Leviticus 23:12 — And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 23:15 — And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
• Deuteronomy 24:19 — When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for…
• Ruth 2:7 — And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that…
• Job 24:10 — They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.