Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, May 11th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
the Sixth Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Encyclopedias
Homer
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(לֶמֶר, cho'mer, a heap, as in Exodus 8:14), a Hebrew measure of capacity for things dry, containing. ten baths (Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:13-14). In later writers it is usually termed a COR. (See MEASURE).
The le'thek (לֶתֶךְ, vessel for pouring; Sept. ἡμίκορος, Vulg. corus dimidius, English. Vers. "half a homer") was a measure for grain of half the capacity of the homer or cor, as seems probable from the only passage where it is mentioned (Hosea 3:3). See Stud. u. Krit. 1846, 1, 123.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Homer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/homer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Homer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/homer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
