Definition
from H6014; a bunch of grain
Traditional renderings: handful, sheaf.
Traditional renderings: handful, sheaf.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָמִיר:
- χόρτοςchortos“grass”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Jeremiah 9:22וּכְעָמִ֛יר · like newly cut grainDeclare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
- Amos 2:13עָמִֽיר׃ · grainBehold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
- Micah 4:12כֶּעָמִ֥יר · like sheavesBut they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
- Zechariah 12:6בְּעָמִ֔יר · among the sheavesOn that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.