different between ephah vs homer

English

Alternative forms

• epha

Etymology

From Hebrew ??????? (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe.

Noun

ephah (plural ephahs)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).

   • Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Meronyms

• cab, kab (¹?₁₈ ephah); omer, issaron (¹?₁₀ ephah); seah (¹?₃ ephah); lethek, lethech (5 ephahs); homer, chomer, cor, kor (10 ephahs)

References

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ho?m??/

Rhymes: -??m?(r)

Etymology 1

From Hebrew ???? \ ?????? (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”).

Alternative forms

• chomer

Noun

homer (plural homers)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹?₂ US bushels.
   • 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:11:

     The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
2. (historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.
   • 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:11:

     The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Usage notes

In English, sometimes confounded with the much smaller omer.

Synonyms

• cor, kor

Meronyms

• (dry measure): cab, kab (¹?₁₈₀ homer); omer, issaron (¹?₁₀₀ homer); seah (¹?₃₀ homer); ephah (¹?₁₀ homer); lethek, lethech (¹?₂ homer)
• (liquid measure): See cor

Etymology 2

From home +? -er.

Noun

homer (plural homers)

1. (baseball) A four-base hit; a home run

   The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.

2. A homing pigeon.

   Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.

3. (sports) A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team.

   Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.

4. A homing beacon.
   • 1961, RCA Service Company, Digest of Military Electronics (page 75)

     Two general types of homer systems are in use, active homers and passive homers. Active homers contain a transmitting device which emits energy that is directed towards the target.

Translations

Verb

homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)

1. (baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.

   The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.

Synonyms

• hit out of the park, jack

Translations

See also

• single, double, triple

References

• "H2563: chomer" in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• Roehm

Middle English

Noun

homer

1. Alternative form of hamer