Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5995: עָמִיר

ʻâmîyr · pronounced aw-meer' · “sheaf”

Definition

a bunch of grain

KJV translates it as: handful, sheaf.

Word origin: from H6014 (עָמַר);

Extended definition

swath, a row of fallen grain

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5995 is translated

  • cut grain ×4

Bible verses with H5995 (ʻâmîyr)

ʻâmîyr appears in 4 verses.

  • Jeremiah 9:22

    Speak, 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 2:13

    Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

  • Micah 4:12

    But 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 12:6

    In 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.