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omers

omers is the plural of omer.

Meaning of omer

Noun (1)

omer (plural omers)

  1. (historical) A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
    • ...that Omer which was every mans daily portion of Manna, is computed to have bin more then might have well suffic'd the heartiest feeder thrice as many meals.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
    Synonyms:
    issaron
  2. A vessel of one omer.
  3. (Judaism) The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

Noun (2)

omer (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.

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Questions about omers

What is omers the plural of?
Omers is the plural of omer.

Words near omers in the dictionary

  1. Omeo Valley
  2. omeprazole
  3. omer
  4. Omer beard
  5. Omer beards
  6. omers
  7. omerta
  8. omertas
  9. omertà
  10. omertàs
  11. omes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: omers (page history and authors); omer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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