H1586G

גֹּ֫מֶר

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Gomer

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Ashkenaz (H0813), Riphath (H7384A) and Togarmah (H8425) § Gomer = "complete" 1) the eldest son of Japheth and grandson of Noah; the progenitor of the early Cimmerians and other branches of the Celtic family 2) the unfaithful wife of the prophet Hosea; Hosea's relationship with her was symbolic of God's relationship with wayward Israel

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גֹּ֫מָר proper name

1.masculine a. son of Japhet Gen 10:2; Gen 10:3 = 1Chr 1:5; 1Chr 1:6; Ezek 38:6 Lag^{Onom. Sacr. 2, 95, 2nd ed. 367, see BN 77} proposes גמרים for גמדים Ezek 27:11 q. v.; he identification גֹּמֶר with Cappadocia (compare ᵑ7 Ezek 27:11, Kiep^{Lb. d. alt. Geogr. 91}) = Armenian Gamir -χ (with plural ending) see also Lag^{Arm. Stud. 32 § 448}; compare further Assyrian Gimirrai, Schr^{KG 157 ff.} Dl^{Pa 245 f.} also Len^{Or.ii. 1, 332 ff.}

2. feminine wife of Hosea, Hos 1:3.

5 occurrences

Genesis (2), I Chronicles (2), Ezekiel (1)