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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66714" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66714" /> == | ||
<p> See | <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" /> == | ||
<p> (לֶמֶר, ''Cho'Mer,'' a ''Heap,'' as in Exodus 8:14), a Hebrew measure of capacity for things dry, containing. ten baths ( Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:13-14). In later writers it is usually termed a COR. (See [[Measure]]). </p> <p> The le'thek (לֶתֶךְ, vessel ''For Pouring;'' Sept. | <p> ( '''''לֶמֶר''''' , ''Cho'Mer,'' a ''Heap,'' as in Exodus 8:14), a Hebrew measure of capacity for things dry, containing. ten baths ( Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:13-14). In later writers it is usually termed a COR. (See [[Measure]]). </p> <p> The le'thek ( '''''לֶתֶךְ''''' , vessel ''For Pouring;'' Sept. '''''Ἡμίκορος''''' , Vulg. ''Corus Dimidius,'' English. Vers. "half a homer") was a measure for grain of half the capacity of the [[Homer]] or ''Cor,'' as seems probable from the only passage where it is mentioned ( Hosea 3:3). See ''Stud. U. Krit.'' 1846, 1, 123. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74747" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74747" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4778" /> == | == 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> | <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> | ||
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