This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from H6014; heaping; Omri, an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Omri.
Traditional renderings: Omri.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
18 total
- 1 Kings 16:16עָמְרִ֨י · {proclaimed} Omri…and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 16:17עָמְרִ֛י · Then OmriThen Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:21עָמְרִֽי׃ · OmriAt that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
- 1 Kings 16:22 (2×)עָמְרִ֔י · of Omri; עָמְרִֽי׃פ · and OmriBut the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
- 1 Kings 16:23עָמְרִי֙ · OmriIn the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:25עָמְרִ֛י · But OmriBut Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
- 1 Kings 16:27עָמְרִי֙ · of OmriAs for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:28עָמְרִי֙ · And OmriAnd Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:29 (2×)עָמְרִ֗י · of Omri; עָמְרִ֤יIn the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
- 1 Kings 16:30עָמְרִ֛י · of OmriHowever, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
- 2 Kings 8:26עָמְרִ֖י · of OmriAhaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8וְעָמְרִי֙ · OmriThe sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 9:4עָמְרִי֙ · of OmriUthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 27:18עָמְרִ֖י · [was] Omri…over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;
- 2 Chronicles 22:2עָמְרִֽי׃ · of OmriAhaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
- Micah 6:16עָמְרִ֗י · of OmriYou have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”