Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
[HOMER.]
Concise Bible Dictionary:
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
Ezekiel 45:14. The cor, which is a homer of ten baths.
The cor or homer was used for either dry or liquid measure. The liquid cor is supposed to have contained seventy-five gallons. The dry cor is supposed to have contained eight bushels and a pint. It is mentioned in 1 Kings 4:22 and Luke 16:7, in both of which places it is rendered “measures.”
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