Topic
Homer
3 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 27:16Easton
And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
- Numbers 11:32Easton
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- Hosea 3:2Easton
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
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.)
“Half a homer,” a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
ho'-mer (chomer): A dry measure containing about 11 bushels. It was equal to 10 ephas.
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (A measure)
- → See MEASURE
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.