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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: | Leviticus 27:16 Numbers 11:32[[Omer]] <p> "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hosea 3:2 . </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41006" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41006" /> == | ||
Leviticus 27: | Leviticus 27:16 Ezekiel 45:11 Ezekiel 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" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Homer]] </strong> . See [[Weights]] and Measures. </p> | ||
== 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" /> == | ||
<p> | <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" /> == | ||
<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" /> == | == 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 | <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 == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<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> | ||
Latest revision as of 07:56, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
(2): ( n.) See Hoemother.
(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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Leviticus 27:16 Numbers 11:32Omer
"Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hosea 3:2 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Leviticus 27:16 Ezekiel 45:11 Ezekiel 45:14Weights And Measures
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Homer. See Weights and Measures .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
Homer . See Weights and Measures.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
( 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).
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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [8]
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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [9]
hō´mẽr ( חמר , ḥōmer ): A dry measure containing about 11 bushels. It was equal to 10 ephas. See Weights And Measures .
References
- ↑ Homer from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Homer from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Homer from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Homer from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Homer from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Homer from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Homer from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Homer from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
- ↑ Homer from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
