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Homer
Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See OMER.)
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“Half a homer,” a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
[Weights And Measures AND Measures]
In the Bible
6
Verses where Homer is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ezekiel 45:11
The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
- Ezekiel 45:13
This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.
- Ezekiel 45:14
The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).
- Hosea 3:2
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
- Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain. ”
- Leviticus 27:16
If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
Scripture on Homer
5
Homer references
3
Voices on Homer
3
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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