Lexicon
עׇמְרִי
om.ri
H6018
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Omri

18
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

om.ri is a personal name, used chiefly for Israel’s ruler in the account of his rise, reign, and descendants.

The name chiefly identifies the ruler whom Israel made king, whose reign, actions, death, and descendants are recounted in 1 Kings 16. It also occurs for men named in genealogical lists and family lines, while Micah 6:16 refers to statutes associated with the ruler.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in royal and family references · dominant

    The supplied form is consistently tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Kings 16:16 the APB renders the clause that all Israel made “Omri” king; 1 Kings 16:22 reports that he became king, and 1 Kings 16:29 identifies Ahab as his son. The same proper name also appears in a list of Becher’s sons in 1 Chronicles 7:8 and in a lineage in 1 Chronicles 9:4.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Omri,” whether naming the king, identifying a father or ancestor, or referring to statutes associated with him in Micah 6:16. These English occurrences confirm the verse-level reference rather than a separate lexical rendering.

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Across Scripture