Strong H5995עָמִיר
sheaf
- Transliteration
- ‛âmîyr
- Pronunciation
- aw-meer'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H6014; a bunch of grain: - {handful} sheaf.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: sheaf
Exact lexical definition: swath
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: עָמִיר n.[m.] swath , row of fallen grain
In the Bible
Strong H5995 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sheaf3
- handful1
First verses
- Jeremiah 9:22Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
- Amos 2:13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
- Micah 4:12But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
- Zechariah 12:6In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.