Bible dictionaries

Homer

What Bible dictionaries say about “Homer”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Homer - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See [282]OMER.)

"Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.

Homer - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HO'MER

HOMER'IC, a. Pertaining to Homer,the great poet of Greece, or to his poetry; resembling Homer's verse.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

ho'-mer (chomer): A dry measure containing about 11 bushels. It was equal to 10 ephas.

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith