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Strong's #6018 - עָמְרִי
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Omri = “pupil of Jehovah”
1) 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
2) one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin
3) a descendant of Pharez the son of Judah
4) son of Michael and chief of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David
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1 Omri, king Israel (MI4,5,7 עמרי; in Assyrian –umri COT Gloss); — 1 Kings 16:16 11t. 1 Kings 16; 2 Kings 8:26 2 Chronicles 22:2; Micah 6:16, ᵐ5 (ζ)αμβρ(ε)ι.
2. a. name in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 7:8.
b. in Judah 1 Chronicles 9:4.
c. in Issachar 1 Chronicles 27:18.
עָמְרִי (i.q. עָמְרִיָּה prob. “servant of Jehovah;” compare the root No.3 [“perhaps ‘young learner of Jehovah’; comp. the Arab. عَمْرُ unskilful”]), [Omri], pr.n.
(1) of a king of Israel (929-18, b.c.); the founder of Samaria, 1 Kings 16:16, seq.; 2 Kings 8:26; Micah 6:16 LXX. Ἄμβρι.
(2) 1 Chronicles 7:8.
(3) 1 Chronicles 9:4.
(4) 1 Chronicles 27:18.