ʻOmrîy — H6018

Definition

masculine proper noun

Omri, an Israelite

1. Omri = "pupil of Jehovah"
2. king of the northern kingdom of Israel, successor to king Elah for whom he was the captain of the army; ruled for 12 years and succeeded by his infamous son Ahab
3. one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin
4. a descendant of Pharez the son of Judah
5. son of Michael and chief of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David

Usually translated as

Omri

Origin

from H6014; heaping

• Derived from ʻâmar (H6014)

Occurrences

ʻOmrîy occurs 18 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (10), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (1), Micah (1)

• 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 (עָמְרִ֨י), the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
• 1 Kings 16:17 — And Omri (עָמְרִ֛י) 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 (עָמְרִֽי).
• 1 Kings 16:22 — But the people that followed Omri (עָמְרִ֔י) prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
• 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 (עָמְרִֽי) reigned.
• 1 Kings 16:23 — In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri (עָמְרִי֙) to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
• 1 Kings 16:25 — But Omri (עָמְרִ֛י) 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 (עָמְרִי֙) 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 (עָמְרִי֙) slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 16:29 — And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri (עָמְרִ֗י) to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
• 1 Kings 16:29 — And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri (עָמְרִ֤י) reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
• 1 Kings 16:30 — And Ahab the son of Omri (עָמְרִ֛י) did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
• 2 Kings 8:26 — Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri (עָמְרִ֖י) king of Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 7:8 — And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri (וְעָמְרִי֙), and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
• 1 Chronicles 9:4 — Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri (עָמְרִי֙), the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
• 1 Chronicles 27:18 — Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri (עָמְרִ֖י) the son of Michael:
• 2 Chronicles 22:2 — Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri (עָמְרִֽי).
• Micah 6:16 — For the statutes of Omri (עָמְרִ֗י) are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.