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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74233" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74233" /> == | ||
<p> '''Go'mer.''' ''( | <p> '''Go'mer.''' ''(Perfect).'' </p> <p> 1. The eldest son of Japheth, Genesis 10:2-3, the progenitor of the early Cimmerians, of the later Cimbri, and the other branches of the Celtic family, and of the modern Gael and Cymri. </p> <p> 2. The wife of Hosea. Hosea 1:3. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150282" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150282" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A [[Hebrew]] measure. See Homer. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; - named after the inventor. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42871" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42871" /> == | ||
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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16812" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16812" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A measure of capacity among the Hebrews; the tenth part of an ephah; a little more than five pints. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53172" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53172" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> OMER </strong> . See [[Weights]] and Measures. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67960" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67960" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53602" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53602" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. id. עֹמֶר, prop. a '' | <p> (Heb. id. עֹמֶר, prop. a ''Sheaf,'' as in Leviticus 23:10, etc., from עָמִר, to [[Bind]] or ''Gather;'' Sept. γομόρ; Vulg. ''Gonzer'' )'','' a Hebrew dry measure ( Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:18; Exodus 16:22; Exodus 16:32-33), the tenth of an ephah ( Exodus 16:36); therefore about ''Two Quarts'' according to the rabbins, but three and a half quarts according to Josephus. (See [[Metrology]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6808" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6808" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' ō´mẽr ''''' ( עמר , <i> ''''' ‛ōmer ''''' </i> ): | <p> ''''' ō´mẽr ''''' ( עמר , <i> ''''' ‛ōmer ''''' </i> ): A dry measure, the tenth of an ephah, equal to about 7 1/2 pints. See [[Weights And Measures]] . </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16345" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16345" /> == | ||
<p> O´mer [ | <p> O´mer [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES] </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
