Amir עָמִיר
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| עָמִיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | amir |
| Strong's number | H5995 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sheaf |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (1) |
Amir (Hebrew עָמִיר, Strong's H5995) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sheaf”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
swath, a row of fallen grain
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sheaves (2), handful (1), sheaf (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | like newly cut grain (1), grain (1), like sheaves (1), among the sheaves (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Amir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- 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.Declare 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
- Amos 2:13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
Micah
- 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.But 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
- 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.On 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.
Notes
- 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).