Omer אֹמֶר

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Omer (Hebrew אֹמֶר, Strong's H562) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “word”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	speech (2), word (2), thing (1), promise (1)
BSB	speech (2), command (1), has his promise (1), you called (1)

Every verse with Omer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job 22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Psalm 19:2
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
Psalm 19:3
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
Psalm 68:11
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
Psalm 77:8
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?

Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).