different between gabriel vs homer

Gothic

Romanization

gabri?l

1. Romanization of ????????????????????????????

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