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However, related concepts of measurement and offerings can be found in Greek terms like μέτρον (metron, G3358) for measure.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>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.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>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.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. <font class="hebrew2">עֹ֫מֶר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Leviticus 23:11</sup> <font size="+1"><b>sheaf</b></font> (<em>swath</em>, row of fallen grain, Wetzst<sup>Z. f. Ethnol. 1873, 273 (Syriac Dreschtafel)</sup>, against him Vogelst<sup>Landwirthschaft in Pal, 61</sup> who translates <em>heap of sheaves</em>); — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> absolute <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23-11.htm">Leviticus 23:11</a>,12,15, construct <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23-10.htm">Leviticus 23:10</a>; figurative of food (absolute) <a href="/interlinear/job/24-10.htm">Job 24:10</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">עֳמָרִים</font> literal <a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-7.htm">Ruth 2:7</a>,15. <p> II. <font class="hebrew2">עֹ֫מֶר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Exodus 16:22</sup> <font size="+1"><b>omer</b></font> (compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb077102.gif"> <em>small drinking cup</em> or <em>bowl</em>; relation to I. <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> obscure); — a measure, only <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm">Exodus 16</a>; — the measure itself <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-18.htm">Exodus 16:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-32.htm">Exodus 16:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-33.htm">Exodus 16:33</a>; amount measured <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-16.htm">Exodus 16:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-22.htm">Exodus 16:22</a>; = 1/10 ephah <a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-36.htm">Exodus 16:36</a>; <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">γόμορ</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>omer, sheaf <p>From <a href="/hebrew/6014.htm">amar</a>; properly, a heap, i.e. A sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure -- omer, sheaf. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6014.htm">amar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ <b> עֹ֣מֶר </b> לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת מִסְפַּר֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you shall take <span class="itali">an omer</span> apiece<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to his eating, <span class="itali">an omer</span> for every man,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> much to his eating <span class="itali">an omer</span> apiece to the number<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּ <b> בָעֹ֔מֶר </b> וְלֹ֤א הֶעְדִּיף֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> When they measured <span class="itali">it with an omer,</span> he who had gathered much<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And when they did mete <span class="itali">[it] with an omer,</span> he that gathered much<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> measured <span class="itali">an omer</span> had no excess<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִשְׁנֶ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥י <b> הָעֹ֖מֶר </b> לָאֶחָ֑ד וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> two <span class="itali">omers</span> for each one.<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> two <span class="itali">omers</span> for one<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> twice two <span class="itali">omers</span> each came<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:32</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֔ה מְלֹ֤א <b> הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ </b> מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת</span><br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Fill <span class="itali">an omer</span> of it to be kept<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the LORD Fill <span class="itali">an omer</span> at of it be kept<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:33</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שָׁ֥מָּה מְלֹֽא־ <b> הָעֹ֖מֶר </b> מָ֑ן וְהַנַּ֤ח</span><br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> pot, and put <span class="itali">an omer</span> full of manna<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in it full <span class="itali">an omer</span> of manna up<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/16-36.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 16:36</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וְהָעֹ֕מֶר </b> עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">(Now an omer</span> is a tenth of an ephah.)<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Now an omer</span> [is] the tenth<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/16-36.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">an omer</span> tenth an ephah<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/23-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 23:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם אֶת־ <b> עֹ֛מֶר </b> רֵאשִׁ֥ית קְצִירְכֶ֖ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> then you shall bring <span class="itali">in the sheaf</span> of the first fruits<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thereof, then ye shall bring <span class="itali">a sheaf</span> of the firstfruits<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> harvest shall bring <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> of the first of your harvest<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/23-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 23:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהֵנִ֧יף אֶת־ <b> הָעֹ֛מֶר </b> לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He shall wave <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> before<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And he shall wave <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> before<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> shall wave <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> before the LORD<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/23-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 23:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖ם אֶת־ <b> הָעֹ֑מֶר </b> כֶּ֣בֶשׂ תָּמִ֧ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> when you wave <span class="itali">the sheaf,</span> you shall offer<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> when ye wave <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> an he lamb<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the day wave <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> A male without<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/23-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 23:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־ <b> עֹ֖מֶר </b> הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> when you brought <span class="itali">in the sheaf</span> of the wave offering;<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that ye brought <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> of the wave offering;<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/23-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the day brought <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> of the wave shall be seven<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/24-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 24:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ <b> עֹ֣מֶר </b> בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה לֹ֤א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and have forgotten <span class="itali">a sheaf</span> in the field,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and hast forgot <span class="itali">a sheaf</span> in the field,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/24-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> your field forgotten <span class="itali">A sheaf</span> the field shall not<p><b><a href="/text/ruth/2-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 2:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נָּא֙ וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י <b> בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים </b> אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקּוֹצְרִ֑ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the reapers <span class="itali">among the sheaves.'</span> Thus she came<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the reapers <span class="itali">among the sheaves:</span> so she came,<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Please and gather <span class="itali">the sheaves</span> after the reapers<p><b><a href="/text/ruth/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 2:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">גַּ֣ם בֵּ֧ין <b> הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים </b> תְּלַקֵּ֖ט וְלֹ֥א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> among <span class="itali">the sheaves,</span> and do not insult<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Let her glean <span class="itali">even among the sheaves,</span> and reproach<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> even among <span class="itali">the sheaves</span> her glean not<p><b><a href="/text/job/24-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 24:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ <b> עֹֽמֶר׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And they take away <span class="itali">the sheaves</span> from the hungry.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and they take away <span class="itali">the sheaf</span> [from] the hungry;<br><a href="/interlinear/job/24-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> famish take <span class="itali">the sheaves</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6016.htm">14 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6016.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6016<br>14 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/haomer_6016.htm">hā·‘ō·mer — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hoomarim_6016.htm">hā·‘o·mā·rîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/omer_6016.htm">‘ō·mer — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaomer_6016.htm">ḇā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehaomer_6016.htm">wə·hā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/voomarim_6016.htm">ḇā·‘o·mā·rîm — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script 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