Bible Names

Gomer: meaning of the name

Gomer means “to finish; complete.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Gomer in Hebrew and Greek

גֹּמֶר H1586

Gômer (go'-mer) — Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess

from H1584 (גָּמַר); completion;

People named Gomer in the Bible

Places named Gomer

Gomer in Scripture

“Gomer” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 10:2

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

  • Genesis 10:3

    And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:5

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:6

    And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

  • Ezekiel 38:6

    Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

  • Hosea 1:3

    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.