עֹ֫מֶר
o.mer
omer
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# The Hebrew Word "Omer" (עֹמֶר) Based on the lexical data provided, "omer" appears six times in the Hebrew Bible as a distinct term. The word refers to a specific unit of measure, though the exact definition of what it measures is not specified in the data given. With only six occurrences across the entire biblical text, this term represents a relatively specialized vocabulary item rather than a common everyday word. The limited frequency of "omer" suggests it held particular significance within specific contexts of biblical life and practice, likely related to measurement and quantification of something of importance to ancient Israelite culture. Without additional definitional information in the provided lexicon data, the precise application of this measure—whether for grain, distance, or another substance—cannot be determined from this source alone. The consistent use of the same Hebrew term across all six occurrences indicates it was a standardized concept with a fixed meaning understood by its original audience.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
“This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ”
Exodus 16:18When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating.
Exodus 16:22On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 16:32Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
Exodus 16:33Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations.”
Exodus 16:36Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.