Bible Names

Omri: meaning of the name

Omri means “sheaf of corn.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Omri in Hebrew and Greek

עׇמְרִי H6018

ʻOmrîy (om-ree') — Omri, an Israelite

from H6014 (עָמַר); heaping;

People named Omri in the Bible

Omri in Scripture

“Omri” appears in 16 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Kings 16:16

    And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

  • 1 Kings 16:17

    And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

  • 1 Kings 16:21

    Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

  • 1 Kings 16:22

    But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

  • 1 Kings 16:23

    In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kings 16:25

    But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

  • 1 Kings 16:27

    Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • 1 Kings 16:28

    So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.