Strong's Lexicon

H1586

H1586 — גּוֹמֶר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewGomernameOccurrences: 6TWOT: 363a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1586
Word:	גּוֹמֶר
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H1584
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	Gomer
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	go'-mer
Meaning:	1. completion 2. Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants 3. also of a Hebrewess
KJV Renderings:	Gomer.

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גֹּ֫מָר proper name

1. masculine a. son of Japhet Gen 10:2; Gen 10:3 = 1Chr 1:5; 1Chr 1:6; Ezek 38:6 Lag^{Onom. Sacr. 2, 95, 2nd ed. 367, see BN 77} proposes גמרים for גמדים Ezek 27:11 q. v.; he identification גֹּמֶר with Cappadocia (compare ᵑ7 Ezek 27:11, Kiep^{Lb. d. alt. Geogr. 91}) = Armenian Gamir -χ (with plural ending) see also Lag^{Arm. Stud. 32
§ 448}; compare further Assyrian Gimirrai , Schr^{KG 157 ff.} Dl^{Pa 245 f.} also Len^{Or.ii.
1, 332 ff.}

2. feminine wife of Hosea, Hos 1:3.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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