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Lexicon :: Strong's H2563 - ḥōmer

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חֹמֶר
Transliteration
ḥōmer
Pronunciation
kho'mer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 683c

Strong’s Definitions

חֹמֶר chômer, kho'mer; from H2560; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure:—clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H2563 in the following manner: clay (11x), homer (11x), morter (4x), mire (2x), heap (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H2563 in the following manner: clay (11x), homer (11x), morter (4x), mire (2x), heap (2x).

  1. cement, mortar, clay

    1. mortar, cement

    2. clay

    3. mire

  2. heap

    1. swelling, surging (of water)

  3. homer - a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹמֶר chômer, kho'mer; from H2560; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure:—clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
STRONGS H2563: Abbreviations
† I. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine cement, mortar, clay; — ח׳ absolute Genesis 11:3 + 13 times; construct Isaiah 10:6 + 2 times; —
1. mortar, cement for holding building-stones (brick) together Genesis 11:3 (J), Exodus 1:14 (P; both || לְבֵנִים); Nahum 3:14 (|| טיט).
2. clay:
a. as material of vessels Jeremiah 18:4, 6, היצר ח׳ Isaiah 29:16, in simile of God's fashioning man Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:7; Job 10:9; as material of human bodies בָּתֵּי ח׳ Job 4:19; compare Job 33:6; as material of bulwarks (disparagingly) Job 13:12; חותם ח׳＝seal-clay i.e. clay upon which seal is pressed.
b.＝mire חוצות ח׳ Isaiah 10:6; הֹרָנִי לַח׳ Job 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire, i.e. deeply humiliated me (עָפָר and אֵפֶר in || clause); as simile of commonness, abundance Job 27:16 (|| עָפָר).

II. חֹ֫מֶר noun [masculine] heap (compare 1. חֲמוֺר) — ח׳ construct מַיִם רַבִּים ח׳ Habakkuk 3:15 a heap of great waters (|| יָם) — but text dubious, see I. חמר; plural הֳמָרִים חֳמָרִים Exodus 8:10 (J), of dead frogs gathered in heaps.

III. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine homer, a dry measure (perhaps from above √, but dubious; compare Assyrian amâru, surround, contain, II. R 3619 a. b Strm4760, Imêru, a measure ZimBP 6 n) — ח׳ absolute Isaiah 5:10 + 5 times Ezekiel; construct Hosea 3:2 + 3 times; plural חֳמָרִים Numbers 11:32; — ח׳ of barley Hosea 3:2; Ezekiel 45:13, compare שְׂעֹרִים זֶרַע ח׳ Leviticus 27:16 i.e. land on which a ח׳ of barley seed was sown (taxed at 50 shekels); ח׳ of wheat Ezekiel 45:13; in general זֶרַע ח׳ Isaiah 5:10;＝10 ephahs (or baths, see בַּת below בתת) Ezekiel 45:11 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (in Ezekiel 45:14 strike out Co); on actual size of ח׳,＝393.9 litres, see HultschMetrol. 2nd ed. 448, 452f. See further II. בַּת and references, BenzArch 183 f NowArch. i, 203 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 11:3

Exodus

1:14; 8:10

Leviticus

27:16

Numbers

11:32

Job

4:19; 10:9; 13:12; 27:16; 30:19; 33:6

Isaiah

5:10; 5:10; 10:6; 10:6; 29:16; 45:9; 64:7

Jeremiah

18:4; 18:6

Ezekiel

45:11; 45:13; 45:13; 45:14; 45:14

Hosea

3:2; 3:2

Nahum

3:14

Habakkuk

3:15

H2563

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2563 matches the Hebrew חֹמֶר (ḥōmer),
which occurs 31 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - Then they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “Come H3051, let’s make H3835 bricks H3835 and [fn]fire H8313 them thoroughly H8316.” And they used H1961 brick H3843 for stone H68, and they used H1961 tar H2564 for mortar H2563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made H4843 their lives H2416 bitter H4843 with hard H7186 labor H5656 in mortar H2563 and bricks H3843 and at all H3605 kinds of labor H5656 in the field H7704, all H3605 their labors H5656 which H834 they violently H6531 had them perform H5647 as H5647 slaves H5647.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:14 - So they piled H6651 them in heaps H2563, and the land H776 stank H887.

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‘Again, if H518 someone H376 consecrates H6942 to the LORD H3068 part of the field H7704 of his own property H272, then your assessment H6187 shall be [fn]proportionate H6310 to the seed H2233 needed for it: a [fn]homer H2563 of barley H8184 seed H2233 at fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people H5971 [fn]spent H6965 all H3605 that day H3117, all H3605 night H3915, and all H3605 the next H4283 day H3117, and they gathered H622 the quail H7958 (the one who gathered H4591 least H4591 gathered H622 [fn]ten H6235 homers H2563) and spread H7849 them out H7849 for themselves all H5439 around H5439 the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 -

‘How H637 much H637 more H637 those who live H7931 in H7931 houses H1004 of clay H2563,

Whose H834 foundation H3247 is in the dust H6083,

Who are crushed H1792 before H6440 the moth H6211!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9 -

‘Remember H2142 that You have made H6213 me as clay H2563;

Yet would You turn H7725 me into dust H6083 again H7725?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 -

“Your memorable H2146 sayings H2146 are proverbs H4912 of ashes H665,

Your defenses H1354 are defenses H1354 of clay H2563.

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“Though H518 he piles H6651 up H6651 silver H3701 like dust H6083,

And prepares H3559 garments H4403 as plentiful as the clay H2563,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -

“He has thrown H3384 me into the mire H2563,

And I have become H4911 like H4911 dust H6083 and ashes H665.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 -

“Behold H2005, I belong to God H410, like you;

I too H1571 have been [fn]formed H7169 out H7169 of the clay H2563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 -

“It is changed H2015 like clay H2563 under the seal H2368;

And they stand H3320 out H3320 like H3644 a garment H3830.

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“For ten H6235 acres H6776 of vineyard H3754 will yield H6213 only one H259 [fn]bath H1324 of wine,

And a [fn]homer H2563 of seed H2233 will yield H6213 only an [fn]ephah H374 of grain.”

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I send H7971 it against a godless H2611 nation H1471

And commission H6680 it against H5921 the people H5971 of My fury H5678

To capture H7997 spoils H7998 and to seize H962 plunder H957,

And to [fn]trample H4823 them down H4823 like mud H2563 in the streets H2351.

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You turn H2016 things around H2016!

Shall the potter H3335 be considered H2803 [fn]as equal with the clay H2563,

That what H4639 is made H4639 would say H559 to its maker H6213, “He did not make H6213 me”;

Or what H3336 is formed H3335 say H559 to him who formed H3335 it, “He has no H3808 understanding H995”?

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“I have put H5782 one from the north H6828 into H5782 motion H5782, and he has come H857;

From the rising H4217 of the sun H8121 he will call H7121 on My name H8034;

And he will come H935 upon rulers H5461 as upon [fn]mortar H2563,

As the potter H3335 treads H7429 on H7429 clay H2563.”

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“Woe H1945 to the one who quarrels H7378 with [fn]his Maker H3335—

A piece H2789 of H2789 pottery H2789 [fn]among H854 the other earthenware H127 pottery H2789 pieces H2789!

Will the clay H2563 say H559 to the [fn]potter H3335, ‘What H4100 are you doing H6213?’

Or the thing H6467 you are making H6467 say, ‘He has H369 no H369 hands H3027’?

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But now H6258, LORD H3068, You are our Father H1;

We are the clay H2563, and You our potter H3335,

And all H3605 of us are the work H4639 of Your hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - But the vessel H3627 that he was making H6213 of clay H2563 was spoiled H7843 in the hand H3027 of the potter H3335; so he remade H7725 H6213 it into another H312 vessel H3627, as it pleased H5869 H3474 the potter H3335 to make H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - “Am H3201 I not able H3201, house H1004 of Israel H3478, to deal H6213 with you as this H2088 potter H3335 does?” declares H5002 the LORD H3068. “Behold H2009, like the clay H2563 in the potter’s H3335 hand H3027, so H3651 are you in My hand H3027, house H1004 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - “The ephah H374 and the bath H1324 shall be [fn]the same H259 quantity H8506, so that the bath H1324 will contain H5375 a tenth H4643 of a homer H2563, and the ephah H374 a tenth H6224 of a [fn]homer H2563; [fn]their standard H4971 shall be according H413 to H413 the homer H2563.

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“This H2088 is the offering H8641 that you shall offer H7311: a sixth H8345 of an ephah H374 from each homer H2563 of wheat H2406; a sixth H8341 of an ephah H374 from each homer H2563 of barley H8184;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:14 - and the prescribed H2706 portion H2706 of oil H8081 (namely, the bath H1324 of oil H8081), a tenth H4643 of a bath H1324 from each kor H3734 (which is ten H6235 baths H1324 or a homer H2563, for ten H6235 baths H1324 are a homer H2563);

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:2 - So I purchased H3739 her for myself for fifteen H2568 H6240 shekels of silver H3701, and a [fn]homer H2563 and a [fn]lethech H3963 of barley H8184.

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Draw H7579 for yourself water H4325 for a siege H4692!

Strengthen H2388 your fortifications H4013!

Go H935 into the clay H2916 and tread H7429 the mortar H2563!

Take H2388 hold H2388 of the brick H4404 mold H4404!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:15 -

You trampled H1869 on the sea H3220 with Your horses H5483,

On the foam H2563 of many H7227 waters H4325.

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