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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_127566" /> == | |||
<p> (1): (n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance. </p> <p> (2): (n.) See Hoemother. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A [[Hebrew]] measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31801" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31801" /> == | ||
Leviticus 27:16Numbers 11:32[[Omer]] <p> "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hosea 3:2 . </p> | Leviticus 27:16Numbers 11:32[[Omer]] <p> "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hosea 3:2 . </p> | ||
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41006" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41006" /> == | ||
Leviticus 27:16Ezekiel 45:11Ezekiel 45:14[[Weights And Measures]] | Leviticus 27:16Ezekiel 45:11Ezekiel 45:14[[Weights And Measures]] | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72872" /> == | |||
<p> Homer. See [[Weights And Measures]]. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51451" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51451" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66714" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66714" /> == | ||
<p> See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. </p> | <p> See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44194" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44194" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74747" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74747" /> == | ||
<p> The great epic poet of Greece, and the greatest of all time; author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," and for the honour of being the place of whose birth seven [[Greek]] cities contended; is said, when old and blind, to have wandered from city to city rehearsing his verses, and to have lived 900 years before Christ, some time after the reign of Solomon; it is only modern criticism that has called in question his existence, and has ventured to argue that the poems ascribed to him are a mere congeries of compositions of the early fabulous age of Greece, but the unity of the plan and the simplicity of the style of the poems go to condemn this theory in the regard of most Homeric scholars. </p> | <p> The great epic poet of Greece, and the greatest of all time; author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," and for the honour of being the place of whose birth seven [[Greek]] cities contended; is said, when old and blind, to have wandered from city to city rehearsing his verses, and to have lived 900 years before Christ, some time after the reign of Solomon; it is only modern criticism that has called in question his existence, and has ventured to argue that the poems ascribed to him are a mere congeries of compositions of the early fabulous age of Greece, but the unity of the plan and the simplicity of the style of the poems go to condemn this theory in the regard of most Homeric scholars. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4778" /> == | |||
<p> '''''hō´mẽr''''' ( חמר , <i> '''''ḥōmer''''' </i> ): A dry measure containing about 11 bushels. It was equal to 10 ephas. See [[Weights And Measures]] . </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_127566"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/homer Homer from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31801"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_31801"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_41006"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_41006"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_72872"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_51451"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/homer Homer from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | <ref name="term_51451"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/homer Homer from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
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<ref name="term_66714"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_66714"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/homer Homer from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_44194"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/homer Homer from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_74747"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/homer Homer from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_4778"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/homer Homer from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_4778"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/homer Homer from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
