omer (plural omers)
(historical units of measure) A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
A vessel of one omer.
(Judaism) The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
In English, sometimes confounded with the much larger homer.
• (unit of volume): issaron
• (unit of volume): ephah, epha (10 omers); lethek, lethech (50 omers); homer, chomer, cor, kor (100 omers)
(Judaism) The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
• -more, Mero, More, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, more
Omer (uncountable)
(Judaism, usually with 'the') The 49-day period from the second day of Passover to Pentecost, begun and ended with an offering of a sheaf of barley and noted nightly during evening prayer.
(Judaism) Alternative form of omer: the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
(Biblical) A masculine name included within a Biblical genealogy as a descendant of Esau at Genesis 36:11.
• -more, Mero, More, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, more
Source: Wiktionary
O"mer, n. Etym: [Cf. Homer.]
Definition: A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
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