OMER.See Weights and Measures.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Omer. See Weights and Measures.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ō?mẽr (עמר, ‛ōmer): A dry measure, the tenth of an ephah, equal to about 7 1/2 pints. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
O?mer [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Omer
(Heb. id. עֹמֶר, prop. a sheaf, as in Lev_23:10, etc., from עָמִר, to bind or gather; Sept. γομόρ; Vulg. gonzer), a Hebrew dry measure (Exo_16:16; Exo_16:18; Exo_16:22; Exo_16:32-33), the tenth of an ephah (Exo_16:36); therefore about two quarts according to the rabbins, but three and a half quarts according to Josephus. SEE METROLOGY.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.