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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Hosea 3:2 - Homer
Hosea 3:2 - So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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So I bought | H3739 | כָּרָה |
[Verb] to purchase |
her to me for fifteen | H2568 | חָמֵשׁ |
[Noun] five |
pieces of silver | H3701 | כֶּסֶף |
[Noun Masculine] silver (from its pale color); by implication money |
and for an homer | H2563 | חֹמֶר |
[Noun Masculine] properly a bubbling {up} that {is} of {water} a wave; of {earth} mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence a chomer or dry measure |
of barley | H8184 | שְׂעֹרָה |
[Noun Feminine] from H8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose) |
and an half homer | H2563 | חֹמֶר |
[Noun Masculine] properly a bubbling {up} that {is} of {water} a wave; of {earth} mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence a chomer or dry measure |
of barley | H8184 | שְׂעֹרָה |
[Noun Feminine] from H8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.