chomer [Hebrew, חומר ]

Two ancient Hebrew units:

1

A unit of dry capacity, about 230 liters (6.5 bushels).

It occurs in the Bible; Ezekiel 45:14 contains a definition of the unit. In English translations, the chomer has been romanized as “homer” in Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11, 13 and 14; and Hosea 3:2. In 1 Kings 18: 32 the word is translated “measure.”

2

A unit of land area, about 2.4 hectares (6 acres). This was a seed measure of land, the amount of land that could be planted with 1 ררchomer of seed.

In the Bible in English (Lev. 27:16) the unit of land area is also romanized as “homer.”